In the Netflix documentary 'Johnny Football,' former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, his family and others from his inner circle...
He ramped up to daily drug use of mostly cocaine and oxycodone, his weight dropped from 215 to 175 and he attempted to “self-sabotage” with a “$5 million bender,” and a gun he’d purchased with one objective.
“I planned to do everything that I wanted to do at that point of my life, spend as much money as I possibly could,” Manziel said matter-of-factly. “Then my plan was to take my life.“I still to this day don’t know what happened, but the gun just clicked on me. I couldn’t fix what I had done ... with the NFL, with A&M, everything at that point in time. ... The ride was over.”The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist.
“We got see what it’s like to be Johnny Manziel in College Station, which I imagine is what it’s like to be Jesus in Nazareth and thereabouts,” Duffy said. “It was amazing.”At times in the documentary Manziel shows contrition. At other points he shows sadness and regret. There’s also plenty of Manziel defiance and pride in his accomplishments.
“I don’t think Johnny is in the habit of putting on different personas for other people. I think he’s just going to be himself. And, you know, sometimes that’s a big ol’ massive contradiction. That’s cool.” After playing his last NFL game in 2015, Manziel had brief stints in the Canadian Football League, the Alliance of American Football and the Fan Controlled Football indoor league but told Netflix he’s found peace while primarily living in Scottsdale, Ariz.“When it came down to it I was a frat boy,” he said. “And my frat was the football team.
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