Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel has been holding nothing back in interviews for a while now and he took aim at one quarterback who he feels could have done more to help him when he was in need.
Appearing on Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe, Manziel said that his then-teammate Brian Hoyer was continually dismissive of him and was more interested in holding down his job than mentoring him.
“My quarterback room was not a home for me because of Brian Hoyer,” Manziel told Shannon Sharpe. “Brian Hoyer had been waiting on an opportunity to go really provide for his family, get an opportunity and he saw how much of an upper hand he had on me, and he didn’t hold back when it came to that. There were instances in the quarterback room early on where I would ask the same question a couple of times and he’d be at the head of the table and go, ‘Pfft, again? We’re doing this again? Keep him out of it. Cut that off.’ And I don’t have a bad word to say about Brian Hoyer. That is just fact what happened in that room.”
Manziel said that he feels Hoyer could have done more to help out since at the time he was designated by the Browns to be their quarterback of the future.
“It’s OK, but at that point in time where I was and I’m the franchise guy, I could have used a little help,” Manziel said.
“I’m getting dogged by a guy who’s supposed to be my teammate when I don’t know nothing. I’m trying to figure it out,” Manziel said. “I don’t know what Cover 3 is.”
Ultimately, it wasn’t Hoyer’s responsibility to help Manziel if he saw Manziel standing in the way of him earning a payday.