Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 12287937)

Fake news bannable, no?

Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 12287940)

If it's done on purpose yes, in this case it looks like Otter glanced at an article and posted it without checking the source. I haven't been following twisted little Johnny, but I thought the Sowboys wee talking about signing him at one point? Did anything ever come of that?

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy! (Post 12287941)

Ah.

Nothing came of the Cowboys. And allegedly, they have no interest.

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 12289220)

This is pretty sobering:

Paul Manziel, the quarterback's father, told ESPN's Josina Anderson that he wants his son to get well, but that he has to do that for himself.

"He's a druggie. It's not a secret that he's a druggie," Paul Manziel said in a phone interview Friday. "I don't know what to say other than my son is a druggie and he needs help. He just hasn't [sought] it yet. Hopefully he doesn't die before he comes to his senses. That's about all you can say. I don't know what else to say."

Manziel's father was asked to discuss the intervention efforts the family has made on their son's behalf over the years.

"You have no idea. And the system failed," he said. "I had him in rehab and he escaped and the doctors let him go, and that is a whole other story. So, I mean I had him [in rehab] and the system failed. It didn't work. He has more money than me, so he can outrun me. Like I said, there are two things that are going to happen: He's either going to die, or he's going to figure out that he needs help. It's one of the two. But we've done everything that we can do. Life goes on. You can't just chase somebody that's not willing to listen. The story is not going to change. It's the same."

Manziel's father feels the family has virtually exhausted all ways possible to help their son.

"We're so far past that," he said. "That was years ago. We're so far past what everybody thinks we are past. People are ignorant. It's just a horrible story. That's all there is to it.

"I mean, I hate to say it, but I hope he goes to jail. I mean, that would be the best place for him."

Paul Manziel said he doesn't want to talk about his son's situation any longer.

"I'm done. I'm done talking about it," he said. "I'm doing my job, and I'm going to move on. If I have to bury him, I'll bury him. That's the fact. So if not, if he calls me and needs help, I'll go get him. Until then, he's on his own. I've done everything I can do. There is nothing [else] I can do as a father. Nothing. ... It is what it is. He's a druggie, and everybody needs to accept it."

Paul Manziel also was asked to share how his wife, Michelle, feels about the matter.

"We're done. We don't have the energy to spend anymore. We're done," he said. "Life goes on. I'm not going to keep talking about it. I'm just moving on. If he needs me, I'll come get him."