Rookie jersey sales: Bridgewater passes up Manziel for 1st time since draft night

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Manziel is now #2

Blake Borrles #3

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Under new GM Ray Farmer, the Browns reportedly commissioned a $100,000 study that pinpointed Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater as the best quarterback in the draft. Then, with the 22nd pick and Bridgewater still on the board, they selected Manziel.

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ESPN the Magazine on Manziel in Cleveland:

"Manziel was slow to curb or even take responsibility for his myriad off-the-field shenanigans, slow to learn the offense, slow to read defenses and, with his lazy, loopy T3bow-esque delivery, slow to develop into a classic pocket quarterback.

The only things Manziel seemed to excel at were social media miscues, merchandise sales (the Browns team shop sells 12 Manziel T-shirt designs) and, most of all, getting the hell out of Cleveland on weekends. This might explain how Manziel can lead the league in jersey sales but finish second to Tim Couch's old No. 2 jersey inside FirstEnergy Stadium.

"The money sign thing? What is that s---? That's just not Cleveland," says Nick Restifo, St. Ignatius' longtime offensive coordinator. "Young kids who don't know any better see him as a star. But after a while, even the people who were pulling for Manziel were saying, 'Jeez, what an a--hole.'"

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub

Bortles-Bridgewater Super Bowl. Manziel sings the national

anthem, brings everyone to tears. Flacco’s there selling hot

dogs.

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I'll bet when it's all said and done, Bridgewater will sell a poo ton more jerseys than Manziel, because he'll be in the league for 2-3x as long.