{"id":10983,"date":"2016-03-11T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=10983"},"modified":"2016-03-11T12:44:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T17:44:58","slug":"a-second-chance-for-johnny-manziel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/03\/a-second-chance-for-johnny-manziel.html","title":{"rendered":"A Second Chance For Johnny Manziel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-10984 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2016\/03\/why-the-cleveland-browns-benched-johnny-manziel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"why-the-cleveland-browns-benched-johnny-manziel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>ohnny Manziel has officially been waived by the Cleveland Browns.\u00a0This didn&#8217;t come as a surprise to fans after Manziel&#8217;s recent issues in the media, including a grand jury investigation into an incident with his former girlfriend. Head coach Hue Jackson also publicly acknowledged the idea of removing Manziel from the team.<\/p>\n<p>The question now is, will he use this as an opportunity to redeem himself? Does he have a future in the NFL?<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Manziel told TMZ Sports that he was still completely dedicated to football. Assuming that Manziel clears the waivers, he can choose which team he wants to play with next. It&#8217;s reported that\u00a0Manziel has three teams that are still interested in him, despite his troubled history. While many of his fans have now grown wary of Manziel, we are hoping for a comeback and redemption from this star athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Manziel&#8217;s story seems like a tragic tale of a talented young man with amazing athletic potential who is giving it away. The former Texas A&amp;M star and 2012 Heisman trophy winner has had a stint in rehab last January. Despite his family offering more support, the future of Manziel is still unknown. Many believe their is still hope for Manziel to get his NFL career back on track. The quarterback has proven that he is a fantastic player in the past. Let&#8217;s hope that\u00a0Manziel will make the most of\u00a0this opportunity for a fresh start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Manziel has officially been waived by the Cleveland Browns.\u00a0This didn&#8217;t come as a surprise to fans after Manziel&#8217;s recent issues in the media, including a grand jury investigation into an incident with his former girlfriend. Head coach Hue Jackson also publicly acknowledged the idea of removing Manziel from the team. The question now is,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":600,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2952,2953,1161,2954,914],"class_list":["post-10983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-browns","tag-cleveland","tag-football","tag-johnny-manziel","tag-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Second Chance For Johnny Manziel?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Johnny Manziel has the opportunity to change his career around after receiving a waiver from the Cleveland Browns.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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