Video: Johnny Manziel’s 4 Interceptions Was The Best Thing To Happen To The CFL In Years.

Aug 4, 2018

Yesterday was the much talked about debut of Johnny Manziel as a starting QB in the CFL for the Montreal Allouettes.  Normally I’d rather post a video of testicular edema or a fight between old people at COSTCO than a CFL story but this matters.

After “finally getting a chance” to prove he can play CFL football Montreal chose to start him 4 practices after trading for him.  Not smart.  You don’t know the playbook (in the CFL, they are in crayon) and you don’t know the guys your throwing to.  He scrambled a lot and was understandably nervous so he shit the bed throwing 4 INTs before the half against his former team.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmCcv5oFqxH/?taken-by=sportscenter

All four were different and two were fucking brutal but I can 100 percent guarantee you this.  That was without a doubt the most watched CFL game in the world ever.  Poor Johnny’s terrible day was trending on Twitter in North America and number one in Canada.  CFL highlights were on every major network last night and it’s still the talk of the sports world outside Trump calling Lebron James dumb because he’s black and a fuckstick racist.

I’m not shitting on the CFL but that’s the kinda stuff they have to do if they want to survive and not be considered a joke.  They need to have Johnny Manziel type players come up here to legitimize themselves and allow the league to hijack the scrutiny for attention.  Seriously.

-75% of people polled said they only watched for Manziel

-OF that 75 %, 100% of those polled said they have never watched a CFL game and of that 100 % at least 100% said they’d watch again if that’s what the game is all about.

-Try to remember a time when more people were talking about the league or excitement of a CFL offering.   100th Grey Cup with Bieber maybe Rocket Ismail signing in the CFL spurning the NFL?  Flutie?

Exactly.  It’s not a testament to how good or bad the CFL is when a guy who hasn’t played in 3 years get’s picked off 4 times.  Its a statement on how boring the CFL is that those will always be the 4 most exciting passes thrown in the CFL ever.

Make The CFL Exciting and let Johnny football have a go with all 8 or 9 teams or whatever.  Or find me some more electric Johnny Manziels who are all about comeback SZN who haven’t played in years, because that was awesome.  I’ll watch every CFL game he plays in from now on if they can promise me Manziel plays.

I don’t care how he plays, I like the circus around it and the CFL should too.  They got more press in one day than they get in a decade and he’s got more NFL experience than anyone on a CFL roster so he’ll figure it out.

Stay Woke CFL.  Johnny is the future and you know it.

 

 

 

Dean Blundell

Dean Blundell is a Canadian radio personality. Best known as a longtime morning host on CFNY-FM (The Edge) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2015 he was named the new morning host on sports radio station CJCL (Sportsnet 590 The Fan). Dean started his career in radio in 2001 and for nearly 20 years been entertaining the radio audience. Dean’s newest venture is the launch of his site and podcast which is gaining tremendous momentum across North America.

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