Cleveland Browns: Johnny Manziel to face grand jury

A grand jury will decide whether or not to convict Johnny Manziel of the domestic violence charges against him.

Johnny Manziel is facing the end of his time as a member of the Cleveland Browns, but he has more to worry about than impending free agency.

News broke yesterday that Manziel’s case will be sent to a grand jury, who will decide if Manziel should be charged for his hitting his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley so hard, she temporarily lost hearing in one ear.

Charging him with the crime could result in jail time, although Manziel should be able to pay his way out of prison time.

This charge should be enough to show him his wrongs and begin the process of turning his life around, but we have all been saying the same things for months now. He does not get it, and will continue to do stupid, terrible things because there is an inherent sense of infallibility inside of him. It will take actual time in prison for him to see that he is on a slippery slope.

This news is interesting because while Manziel is still on the roster, this most recent embarrassment comes with no mention of the Cleveland Browns. Manziel is on his own, and he will find out just how hard that is once things go wrong and he faces real consequences.

And there is nothing wrong with the approach being taken by the Browns. Even though the head coach and front office members are new, they know a toxic player when they see one. Wasting any resources on a lost cause who has disrespected the franchise would reflect poorly on the leadership in Cleveland.

The focus is clearly on the future of the quarterback position, and not the distraction of a former talent.

Manziel’s faults do serve one purpose, as they remind the front office that it is just as important to evaluate character as it is to focus on the talent on the field.

This becomes of utmost importance as the team is looking to draft a quarterback to be the future of the team, and not fizzle out of the league before a career could even be started.

Jared Goff, Carson Wentz, and Paxton Lynch do not have a circus surrounding them as Manziel did at Texas A&M, but this does not mean there aren’t any personal problems there. This is not to say that any of the three have something wrong with them, it just means extensive meetings must be held to get to know these players inside and out before entrusting one to lead the team on the field.