I think you summed it up very well. Johnny was very polarizing. People either loved us drafting him or hated it. I’d say he’s much less polarizing now, as most Browns fans see him as a disaster. Recent polls have only a very small minority of Browns fans thinking that Manziel will redeem himself while wearing a Browns uniform. Don’t count me in that group; I feel the same about him as I did the day we drafted him.

At first I defended his ability to enjoy his time off from the team, but always with the caveat that he be well prepared when the time came. I didn’t care that he was drunk on swans as long as he impressed on game day. Now that he’s shown that he’s put almost zero effort into this team, I don’t want to hear about his partying. His cross-country booze tour with Gordon (which seems to have ended up costing Gordon another year and possibly his whole career) shows just what kind of leader he is. Could you imagine Tom Brady or Peyton Manning doing anything like that, or would they tell Gordon to stay home?