In case you didn’t hear, Johnny Football is trying to make an NFL comeback. Manziel is obsessed with portraying himself as marketable NFL quarterback. If you follow him on any social media platform, you know he’s dead set on making people believe he’ll be back in the NFL.

He’s even selling ComebackSZN sweatshirts out of a Uhaul. (side note: the money sign hands on the sleeve look incredibly dumb)

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Now I get it, there’s a lot of support for a Johnny Football return. He’s the fun guy flashing the money sign and partying it up. We all want to see Johnny in the shot gun, slinging the pigskin around (always fun to watch as long as Mike Evans is there to bail him out). His style of play was very enjoyable…in college.

The NFL was a bit of a different story. Things got dark for Johnny Football. He couldn’t keep his name out of the headlines, something that should be relatively easy in Cleveland. From altercations with his then girlfriend to late night fights before games, Manziel couldn’t stay on the straight and narrow. His short stint in the NFL ended with the Browns cutting Johnny Football in early March of 2016. His agent later followed, dumping Manziel and saying “I’m not going to be a part of a young man destroying his life.” His own father speculated on Manziel’s mental health, saying “I truly believe if they can’t get him help, he won’t live to see his 24th birthday,” after Johnny refused to enter rehab in 2016.

Many say that Manziel fell victim to fame–a young star who couldn’t handle the bright lights post college. And, it’s hard not to feel a little bad for him. But, how many chances does this guy get?

Every opportunity was given to Johnny to succeed from an early age. His family hit the lotto in the Texas petroleum industry before Johnny was born and since then, he hasn’t had to worry about money. He took flights across country for parties before any NFL contract was inked.

Let’s cut the BS, Johnny is the rich kid we all know that was given the world and partied it away. It worked for him in college. The level of competition allowed for him to “eat skittles, drink beer, and win the Heisman” as his father put it. But, then the real world hit him–like it does for any rich brat.

News flash, Johnny: the NFL doesn’t want you back. You’re not worth the risk. You had your shot and you blew it. What NFL GM is going to say to themselves “yep, I want the QB that can barely see over the line with a drug problem that couldn’t make it the first time a franchise gave him a shot.”

Even the XFL, which won’t be here until 2020, doesn’t want you. Vince McMahon, the creator of the former and future XFL, fielded a question regarding Manziel, Tim Tebow, and Colin Kaepernick’s eligibility to play in the future league, to which he responded “You want someone who does not have any criminality whatsoever…even if you have a DUI you will not play in the XFL.” This would rule Johnny out due to his 2016 misdemeanor assault charge. (side note: love the idea of Tebow in the XFL)

Are there any QBs that have taken a few years off from the league and made a sustainable comeback? Mike Vick is the only individual that comes to mind. But, Vick’s issues are half of Johnny’s. Not to mention, take a look at the physic of Manziel and compare that to Vick and you tell me who has a better shot. What makes you think an undersized drug addict is going to be able to make the run?

Ultimately, my argument is that there’s zero chance he’s going to make a return to the NFL and you shouldn’t be pulling for him to do so. He’s had his chance to clean up his act and he didn’t get it done. All of his wounds are self inflicted and the responsibility falls on his shoulders. Don’t worry about him. He’s still got daddy’s money to support him. He’ll make a successful career of getting paid to show up to clubs and party with strangers.