Johnny Manziel will start Friday against the team that traded him in the CFL

The Montreal Alouettes announced on Tuesday that Manziel would start Friday’s game against his former team, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

On Monday, Mike Sherman the former Texas A&M coach gave clues that Johnny Manziel would be named the starter.

“We didn’t trade for Johnny to have him sit on the bench, so obviously, Johnny’s come over here to get reps and become the best player he can become, and we stated that process today,” Sherman said, via CBC. “You probably all figured it out yourself, but when you have two players you wait till game time to make that announcement.

“It doesn’t make sense to do it any sooner.”

I have a feeling Johnny Manziel is going to be electrifying in his first career start in the CFL. What do you think? Will Johnny fail or have a huge week?

Damond Talbot

NFL Draft Diamonds was created to assist the underdogs playing the sport. We call them diamonds in the rough. My name is Damond Talbot, I have worked extremely hard to help hundreds of small school players over the past several years, and will continue my mission. We have several contributors on this site, and if they contribute their name and contact will be in the piece above. You can email me at nfldraftdiamonds@gmail.com