Former quarterback Johnny Manziel imagines how his football career would have played out if he went to a different NFL team. EXCLUSIVE: In an NFL season defined by the Kansas City Chiefs dynasty and endless Taylor Swift crossover, one big draft moment 10 years ago looms larger than ever.
Johnny Manziel was the nation's biggest story going into the consequential 2014 NFL Draft. That night, on May 8 in New York City, Manziel showed up to Radio City Music Hall as an anomaly in the draft process.
Experts fiercely debated whether one of the biggest stars in college football history was even physically and mentally capable of playing at the pro level at all.
And 10 years later, the experts who bet against Manziel were right. A short-lived, inefficient career as a backup compounded with addiction issues, bouts with depression and anxiety, and chronicles of off-the-field scandals marked Manziel's drafting as one of the darkest black-hole decisions in the league's history.