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Message: [QUOTE="Libero2, post: 692320, member: 2812"] I know you said your done, but I felt you deserved an answer anyways. Why am I defending him? Simply because everyone in the media is trying to destroy this kid for what, at its worst is a nasty hangover and a shunning of responsibility (which is fervently denied by the Manziel camp, and the Mannings believe it or not), and people are saying how this will drastically affect his ability to be drafted high, and possibly even at all, and it may even affect his ability to play football. And that's a crock. In this thread people brought up Ryan Leaf (you dropped his name, and others started to make comparisons) and that's a complete joke and if the comparison is made here, it certainly will be made elsewhere, and it annoys me. QBs are held to higher standards in comparison to any other position, but lets not pretend those standards are very high. Lets look at another former heisman winner, Matt Leinart. He was given years in AZ and chance after chance before wisenhunt realized if I play this kid I'll be out of a job and gave the reigns to Warner for a magical playoff run. Leinart was a primo party boy and a total disaster off the field. It didn't matter, he still got chance after chance. What about Vince Young, he was a total hot mess, and he stuck in Tennessee despite the fact the HC didn't even want him to play. What about Mark Sanchez? It's pretty clear he parties hard off the field, but for 3.5 years his teammates stood behind him, believing in him until the end of season disaster last year when everyone turned on him. If the kid can play at an elite level, he will get every chance in the world to prove he can make it work, and there isn't any doubt about it, it's happened time and time again throughout NFL past. [/QUOTE]

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