It was supposed to be another step in his NFL comeback, but Johnny Manziel had his time in professional American football cut short when the Alliance of American Football, which he signed with after being released and banned from the CFL for an untold violation of his contract, suspended its operations only eight weeks into their first season.
He only ended up playing four drives for the Memphis Express before coming out of his second game after taking a knee to the head from a teammate while attempting to make a tackle after an interception, but the couple weeks of practice and his limited game action was enough to convince a skeptical coach to change his mind about Johnny Football.