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Texas A&M Football
Manziel Minute: Dustin Fox looks back at Browns vs. Rams
Key quotes from Dustin Fox interview
"I thought Johnny looked better from the pocket, more comfortable, for whatever reason. I don’t know if it was the defense he was going up against being the twos and threes of the Rams, being in front of the home crowd, or maybe the fact that it was his third game in the NFL. He obviously had that great touchdown run which everybody saw that got the city excited. That was the kind of plays he made for you guys, it was the first glimpse of what he can do."
"I don’t think they drafted Johnny to sit around and not make those plays, they want him to make magic when he can, but don’t freelance all the time. If the play breaks down, I think they are all for it. I don’t think they want him to do it on a regular basis where he isn’t going through his progressions and reads."
"The whole offense has taken just one-shot down field over 20 yards the entire preseason. It is baffling why they haven’t tried to stretch the defense at times. You wonder why the offense has lacked firepower, I think part of it is the defense saying, 'they aren’t going to try us deep, might as well stick eight or nine guys in the box and say go ahead and try to beat us.'"
"You wouldn’t think Hoyer is from Cleveland the way these people love Johnny. They are all about getting Manziel on the field as soon as possible."
"I ultimately think when Johnny sees the field doesn’t just depend on Hoyer, but also how much does Manziel progress in practice? Do they feel comfortable putting him in? Pettine has said a Johnny package is on the table where he can go out and get a series or two in the early games, just to see how it goes.""
"Johnny seemed relieved to being named the backup. It was like the pressure was off and he could continue to grow and learn. He compared it to the first year and a half at A&M, where he was swimming and trying to figure things out. People only saw the Heisman run, they didn’t see all the struggling."
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