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Johnny Manziel had 'too many red flags' for CFL team that hired Art Briles

Johnny (Canadian) Football? Nope.

Before the Hamilton Tiger-Cats put themselves through the public relations disaster that involved them hiring and firing Art Briles in less than 24 hours, the CFL team spent its bye week evaluating a former Heisman Trophy winner who has had his own set of off-the-field issues.

"Too many red flags," a source told TSN's Farhan Lalji and Dave Naylor.

That shouldn't surprise anyone, but may have caught the Tiger-Cats off guard, I guess.

The news of Manziel's workout comes just two days after Hamilton caused an uproar after initially bringing Briles onto its staff.