Don’t write off Johnny Manziel’s NFL career yet, Cleveland Browns fans.
According to universally-respected teammate and starting left tackle Joe Thomas, there’s a fresh face walking the halls at the Browns practice facility these days:
“Last year on a Saturday, you might see a picture of him on Instagram floating in a swan drinking champagne,” Thomas told NFL Media’s Andrea Kremer on Tuesday. “This year on a Saturday if you came in the building, you’d see him studying his playbook and watching film with his coach. It’s pretty apparent he’s realized how important football is to him, and he’s realized that in the NFL you can’t get away with maybe some of the things that you did in college because it’s a big boys’ game now.