Manziel Not Impressing

[CarolinaCoolin]

Its ludicrous to think that other players are flipping each other off. If they do they are going to get caught regardless if they are a 5th string cb or a starting "face of the franchise" qb. Sure it may not be noticed during a game, but lots of people find things and you bet your butt that if the nfl sees it in a youtube vidoe or espn highlite real someone is going to get fined or even supspended. Boneheaded actions like those show that the player in question lets their feelings get the better of them and may in truth show a "me first" persona. The main reason you wont find many players doing the middle finger/taunting/or headbuts like norman is because of 15 yard penalties; which by the way can change the outcome of the game. In that regard mr scot is right. The geasture by him is immature.

Matt Ryan yelled get the fug off our field when we played them in 2012 with the camera directly on him and nothing happened. No fines, no media criticism. Nothing. People will gloss over whatever they want given their own bias. Manziel being the polarizing figure he is will always have eyes on him. A 2nd or 3rd string lineman doesn't always have the camera on him and has the freedom to get away with more.

The gesture isn't immature. It's an adult gesture for adults. Every just decides to freak tf out when a polarizing figure does it because of ratings and media to incite people like scot with his bias.

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[Porn Shop Clerk]

any adult that flips the bird like a bitch is immature

 

and manziel did it like a bitch, running away

 

reminds me of those punk kids that talk poo while your friends hold you back and then bust ass to get home when they let you go

 

he's a punk bitch and the NFL is gonna take his lunch

[gettlemanjack]

Hoyer got the nod, JFF will start on the sideline

Tom Brady wasn't aware that his former backup, Brian Hoyer , had been named the Browns starter earlier on Wednesday. When told of the news, he smiled. "I love Brian. He's such a great guy, a person, a friend. We've always kept in touch. So I'm proud of him. He's fought through some tough circumstances over the years -- getting released here, going to Arizona, getting a little bit of an opportunity there -- and really has taken advantage of the opportunity in Cleveland. It's great for him. He's a great player. I'm very happy for him."

[shreddingdefense]

No, you got it wrong that geasture isnt inciting people at all. Its a immature one, you do that in public at someone chances are your going to get you butt kicked.  Anyway was far as the nfl in concerned its unsportsman conduct. A fellow teammate wouldn't want to know thats the reason that they are now out of field goal range or that the opposing offense gets another shot at the endzone;hence why td was up in normans face with his behavior.

 

There was no audio for what matt ryan said. So way different. Plus media gave it a pass.

[PhillyB]

Philly I appreciate your post but you are crazy if you don't think players aren't flipping eachother off during games they just don't get caught. Manziel doesn't have that luxury because of who he is. The cameras will always be on him.

Manziels behavior isn't anything out of the norm. You have players trash talking eachother and saying worse than what manziel did but we never hear any of that.

People who didn't like manziel before this were going to jump on him for it. If their favorite player does it they are going to justify it.

I'm simply calling out scots clear confirmation bias that he tries to wish away but it's pretty clear that it is there.

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i'm sure they do… but not like that. and manziel didn't get busted for flipping off the redskins bench… he got busted for flipping it off like that.

[CarolinaCoolin]

i'm sure they do… but not like that. and manziel didn't get busted for flipping off the redskins bench… he got busted for flipping it off like that.

Like what. Flipping off someone is the same no matter how you do it. You are grasping for straws here.

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[Porn Shop Clerk]

like a bitch.  he didn't even have the balls to look them in the eye when he did it.   he tucked his tail between his labia and scampered away.

[jasonluckydog]

Shaw with the last second hail mary TD!!! Gamecock power

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Cousin uses every muscle of his body to the point of having a hernia just to push the ball 15 yards down field.

 

 

 

to be fair, you just described drew brees and matt ryan

[PhillyB]

Like what. Flipping off someone is the same no matter how you do it. You are grasping for straws here.

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i doubt i'm going to change your mind by reasoning with you, but whatever: flipping off someone is not the same because it's not the action we're talking about but the context in which he performed the action, which was flippantly, blatantly, in front of the cameras, for all the world to see.

 

and it's not like the NFL benched him for two games or amputated a limb as punishment or something, they slapped him with a fine and left it at that… appropriate, precedented discipline for something the league views as detrimental to its brand.

[CarolinaCoolin]

i doubt i'm going to change your mind by reasoning with you, but whatever: flipping off someone is not the same because it's not the action we're talking about but the context in which he performed the action, which was flippantly, blatantly, in front of the cameras, for all the world to see.

and it's not like the NFL benched him for two games or amputated a limb as punishment or something, they slapped him with a fine and left it at that… appropriate, precedented discipline for something the league views as detrimental to its brand.

Did Johnny know he had the cameras on him at that time? If no then it isn't flippantly or blatantly so your argument crumbles.

Reasoning with me? I'm not being unreasonable by calling out scots conformation bias or arguing that flipping the bird is as big of a deal as the media or manziel detractors are making it out to be.

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[PhillyB]

Did Johnny know he had the cameras on him at that time? If no then it isn't flippantly or blatantly so your argument crumbles.

Reasoning with me? I'm not being unreasonable by calling out scots conformation bias or arguing that flipping the bird is as big of a deal as the media or manziel detractors are making it out to be.

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pretty safe bet cameras were on him

 

sorry man, i think you're in the minority here. i agree the act isn't that big of a deal, but he did it in a time and place when any reasonable person knows you shouldn't do it and he got burned. end of story

[CarolinaCoolin]

pretty safe bet cameras were on him

sorry man, i think you're in the minority here. i agree the act isn't that big of a deal, but he did it in a time and place when any reasonable person knows you shouldn't do it and he got burned. end of story

It's a football field it isn't church. If you've played any sport with atleast minimal level competition which judging by pictures I can tell you probably haven't you'd know when you are playing emotions run high.

The same emotions people love from their favorite players are the same people like scot don't want to see from players they don't like.

See sherman, Brady, farve, and even our cam. People don't want their favorite players to be happy when they lose but every cam detractor will hop all over him and cite pouting. It's the same in every case. Conformation bias.

What manziel did wasnt wrong or that big of a deal. It was a player showing emotion and using a gesture to jaw back at the opposing team. The majority in this thread made up their minds about him long before he stepped on the field. Which is really fuging pathetic.

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[cbarrier90]

It's a football field it isn't church. If you've played any sport with atleast minimal level competition which judging by pictures I can tell you probably haven't you'd know when you are playing emotions run high.

The same emotions people love from their favorite players are the same people like scot don't want to see from players they don't like.

See sherman, Brady, farve, and even our cam. People don't want their favorite players to be happy when they lose but every cam detractor will hop all over him and cite pouting. It's the same in every case. Conformation bias.

What manziel did wasnt wrong or that big of a deal. It was a player showing emotion and using a gesture to jaw back at the opposing team. The majority in this thread made up their minds about him long before he stepped on the field. Which is really fuging pathetic.

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What's really pathetic is that you're giving guys a pass because "THIS IS FUTBAWL, DAGUMIT."

You do know it's possible to play football with a little sense of decorum, right? If that wasn't the case, you'd have 30 teams running bounty programs. These are all guys making a nice living and the last thing they want to see is for that opportunity to be taken away from a fellow player.

I really don't see why this needs such vehement defense from you. It's not like Johnny just got kicked out of the league, but it probably cost him the starting job, because Hoyer is not one of those guys who is going to flip the bird walking away when things get bad.