Johnny Manziel as... a voice of reason? The college football legend has put his wild days behind him I suppose, since he's now apparently in a position where he can talk about how modern day college football quarterbacks should be handling themselves. Texas A&M's pride and joy joined the
Big Bets on Campus Podcast this past week, where the show discussed this cringeworthy press conference that Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders provided. If you look up the term "throw under the bus" in the dictionary, it will likely direct you to this answer that Sanders gave as an example, since he blamed his offensive line for being the reason why he struggled against Nebraska: https://twitter.com/UnnecRoughness/status/1832789350850945267 Considering that the Deion-Sanders-coached Colorado team lost 28 to 10 against Nebraska, I'd venture to say that there were a plethora of reasons why the Buffaloes walked out with a loss. And as you might imagine, that press conference linked above was not a good luck for the team - and especially not for Shedeur Sanders. The topic of Shedeur's under-bus-throwing came up in the interview with Manziel, and the former college quarterback ripped into the Sanders, saying:
"If I was the offensive lineman at Colorado, I'd be absolutely pissed. I really don't see how you do this. I don't see how you come out and throw your own guys under the bus that you're working with, grinding with every single week - week in and week out. If I'm looking at that (Nebraska) game, I know early on in the game, one thing you don't do from a quarterback perspective is throw a hitch route late and on the inside for a pick six. There's a lot of blame there in that throw that Shedeur made as well that turned into a pick six early in the game." Need some ice for that burn, Shedeur? "Johnny Football" clearly stills knows enough about the game to call out the Colorado QB for making an inexcusable mistake, and last time I checked, offensive lineman aren't the ones that throw pick sixes now, are they? Manziel went on to say that the lack of accountability on Sanders part was appalling, and that Shedeur may not be getting as much help from his o-line from here on out:
"This is something you don't do. Your guys are your guys. You're supposed to rock with them through thick and thin. Obviously, frustration and things arise. For me and my instances and my time, your o-line are your guys who ride with you and rock with you. Anytime your quarterback gets hit, the first person that you see there are your offensive lineman. This is something that may make some of those guys really hesitant to pick you up after a couple of people bang you around on the defensive side. Something that's alarming... you don't see this very much." You can hear Johnny Manziel's full thoughts on Shedeur Sanders in the clip below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na0NGgCZXhk&t=20s
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