Johnny Manziel needs he did issues otherwise in Cleveland — and with Lebron James.
The 2014 first-round choose of the Browns, who infamously flamed out in his temporary NFL tenure, expressed remorse on Wednesday about how he dealt with issues with Cavaliers icon and advertising supervisor Maverick Carter.
The ex-quarterback jumped on the “Membership Shay Shay” present with Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Shannon Sharpe to debate a variety of points, one in every of them being his short-lived time in Cleveland that didn’t go the best way he or the Browns wished.
Manziel admitted on the present that after signing with Carter, he handled each his supervisor and James poorly.
The previous signal-caller, who solely performed eight NFL video games and accomplished simply 57 p.c of his passes, went so far as to say Carter and James nonetheless are indignant with him after dumping him as a shopper in January 2016.
“The factor that I understand now could be the explanation why they’re in all probability nonetheless pissed at me to at the present time: They don’t lose. They don’t guess on something that’s not a positive factor,” Manziel mentioned. “And what I did and the best way I carried myself and the best way that I used to be in my time throughout Cleveland was pure and blatant disrespect to them giving me every thing that I might have ever wanted to achieve success.
“So one thing that also to at the present time, I believe now that we’re speaking about it, I haven’t fully actually acquired over but how I allow them to down.”
Manziel beforehand revealed in a Netflix documentary on his life that he battled substance abuse points and psychological well being issues throughout his time in Cleveland, considering taking his personal life after the Browns launched him in 2016.
Talking with Sharpe, Manziel mentioned his struggles with despair led him to shunting James to the facet, even when the NBA legend tried to hang around with Manziel after they had been each free.
Manziel mentioned James would textual content him each week to look at some video games and play poker with different associates, however due to his psychological well being in decline, he barely might get off the bed.
“I used to be so depressed for the primary time in my life that even my largest position mannequin and inspiration in my life couldn’t get me off the bed to come back and hang around with them,” he mentioned. You already know, after I went to the Cavs video games, I went, I used to be in and I used to be out. I didn’t actually grasp and latch on to him in a manner that I ought to have. And he tries to take me underneath his wing, proper? And I’m simply sort of nudging it away due to the place my psychological [health] is and being simply totally depressed and the place I used to be in my life. Is that excuse?
“Completely not. As a result of on the finish of the day, the respect that I ought to have for them, giving me every thing ought to trump all else.”
Manziel regretted that he didn’t “give a f–okay sufficient” about doing the suitable issues for himself, James and Carter and mentioned it “eats me alive.”
He additionally added that it bothers him how a lot he wasted a number of the again finish of Corridor of Fame sort out Joe Thomas’ profession in Cleveland.
And amongst different subjects, Manziel additionally mentioned sports activities discuss host Skip Bayless, who couldn’t laud the quarterback sufficient throughout his Texas A&M days proper earlier than he was heading to Cleveland, going as far to say that Manziel was going to be greater than LeBron.
Manziel mentioned throughout his dialog with Sharpe that he used to look at ESPN’s “First Take” when Bayless was on the present and throwing round hyperbole.
“Skip, I really like you bro. I hope you understand it was all the time love, and I actually really feel like I let him down,” Manziel mentioned.
Bayless, final summer time, mentioned he regretted not serving to out Manziel as issues crumbled in Cleveland and the Aggies product noticed his psychological well being deteriorate.
“I do know Johnny appeared as much as me,” Bayless mentioned on his podcast, “The Skip Bayless Present.”
“I do know Johnny appreciated the truth that I used to be largely in his nook, up till the draft. And I simply want I’d identified sufficient to take a seat down and really have a coronary heart to coronary heart with Johnny. Possibly I might have helped.”
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