Of all the praise, scorn and speculation spent on Johnny Manziel in his 23 mercurial years, surely nothing resonates as poignantly as his father's plaintive statement Friday:
"I truly believe if they can't get him help," Paul Manziel told our Kate Hairopoulos, "he won't live to see his 24th birthday."
Paul Manziel was referring to various rehabilitation agencies Johnny has left in the last week after the latest round of police reports and repeated attempts by family and his former agent to get Johnny the help he apparently needs.
Given the failure of everything and everyone else, it's time for the NFL to step up.