Legendary Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith thinks Johnny Manziel needs to make some changes.
In an interview with radio hosts Shan and RJ on Dallas/Ft. Worth station 105.3 The Fan, Smith sounded off on Manziel's lifestyle since entering the league:
“First, let’s recognize — Johnny is young. I was young and dumb myself at one point in time,” said Smith. “But maturity itself, and maturing as a professional athlete, is something that is required of every pro football player. I think right now Johnny Manziel is going to get a glimpse of what negative press can do for you. A lot of people think negative press is good press — or any press is good press. It’s not.”
“That lifestyle is going to be a short lifestyle — a short career lifestyle — if he continues that. As we used to say, you can’t keep burning the candle at both ends of the stick. The candle gets small fairly quick. Johnny is going to have to figure it out.”
“Hopefully he’s not doing anything to hurt himself outside of drinking — which is going to harm his body and harm his performance anyway. At the end of the day, he’s going to have to learn to manage those things.”
Manziel was spotted hanging out with DeSean Jackson's ex-girlfriend over the weekend, and on Monday night he was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters.
