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06	Oktober 2018

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Johnny Football is huddling up again for a long-awaited comeback � in Canada.

Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel signed a two-year contract with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League on Saturday Adrian Kempe Jersey , looking to salvage his football career after a turbulent and unsuccessful stay with the Cleveland Browns.

�I don�t want to wait around anymore,� Manziel said during a news conference at Tim Hortons Field, where he will play his home games this season.

The decision to head north of the U.S. border to play football ended months of speculation on his possible path back to the game.

�I want a chance to get on the field and get into the locker room and get a chance to play ball again,� Manziel said. �This isn�t just a pit stop for me. I�m not coming here to get what I need to go back down to the NFL. I�ve signed into this for the long haul, for two years.

�I�m here to make the most of it.�

Manziel actively pursued an NFL contract this offseason and played in the developmental Spring League last month, his first action in organized football since the 2015 NFL season. He now comes to a team coached by June Jones, a former NFL and college quarterback and coach. Players report to training camp Sunday.

�I don�t know what two years down the road looks like for me,� Manziel said. �Maybe I come up here and I love it and I don�t want to go anywhere. We�ll play it by ear and take it day by day, like I�ve been doing.�

The 25-year-old quarterback won the 2012 Heisman Trophy at Texas A&M, and was selected in the first round � No. 22 overall � in the 2014 NFL draft by the Browns. He was released in March 2016 after posting a 2-6 record over two tumultuous campaigns.

This offseason, Manziel threw during pro days at both Texas A&M and the University of San Diego, and participated in The Spring League � a development circuit for players overlooked by the NFL.

�He has the ability to play at any level he wants to play at,� Jones said. �He�s ready to get that challenge done and accomplish what he knows he can do.�

Manziel is not guaranteed a starting spot with Hamilton, though. He�s the fifth quarterback on the roster, joining Jeremiah Masoli � who was named the starter when Jones took over as coach late last season � CFL veterans Bryant Moniz and Vernon Adams Jr., and Dane Evans.

�I want to play, as anybody does,� Manziel said. �I know there�s talent in our quarterback room and I respect the guys we do have. I know there�s going to be a learning curve and I�m going to have to take some time. I have realistic goals to come in, learn the offense, learn the game and hopefully my talent and making some throws and doing some things I feel I can do on the football field will show.�

Jones echoed Manziel�s comments, and reiterated that Masoli remains the Tiger-Cats� starter as of Saturday.

�Let me tell you something right now: He has got his work ahead of him to beat out Jeremiah,� Jones said of Manziel. �Now Adam Larsson Jersey , I am a firm believer, even when I was in the NFL, I wanted three quarterbacks that had started and played in the NFL. You can�t have too many quarterbacks because you�re one play away.�

Manziel has dealt with several off-field issues. In 2016, a domestic assault charge against Manziel in Dallas was dismissed after he took an anger management course and participated in the NFL�s substance-abuse program. In a recent interview, he said he�s been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has stopped drinking.

The CFL has a policy on violence against women. The league said in a statement that in December it began a process to determine if Manziel could join the league. Manziel had to meet certain conditions, including an assessment by an independent expert on domestic violence, a review by legal counsel and a discussion with Commissioner Randy Ambrosie.

The league said it informed Manziel and the Tiger-Cats it would approve his signing. He must, however, continue to meet the specified conditions to �maintain his eligibility.�

In January, after signing a three-year contract to remain Hamilton�s coach, Jones gushed about Manziel�s potential.

�I think he�d be the best player to ever play up here,� he said. �He can throw it and he can run it like nobody ever has been able to do.�

Manziel is arguably the highest-profile NFL player to come to the CFL since 2006, when running back Ricky Williams joined the Toronto Argonauts. And with 2.23 million followers on Twitter, Manziel has no shortage of people interested in every move he makes � on and off the field.

But Manziel said he�s in a much better place in his life now than he was when he first entered the NFL.

�I remember the day I got drafted,� he said. �I was probably a little hesitant on the team I was going to and where I was going. It was a big jump and a lot of uncertainty from the system I ran in college to what the NFL system was going to be when I walked into the building the first day.

My situation here, I�ve completely accepted this team and where I�m at that this is my best opportunity to get a chance to go out on the field and be a part of a team. I�ve done a lot of things in my personal life. I�ve worked extremely hard in the physical and football aspects of my life. I feel like I�m in the best place that I�ve been mentally and physically in my life.�

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The ball was flying down the field often for Minnesota during that drizzly night in Green Bay, and Randy Moss kept going over and past the defense to get it.

Five games into his NFL career, Moss was a star. He was a revolutionary, too. There was no moment that better defined his arrival as the league's premier deep threat than that breakout prime-time performance against the two-time reigning NFC champion and bitter rival Packers.

"Seeing Randall Cunningham smile, seeing him energetic," Moss said, reflecting on his five-catch Kyle Connor Jersey , 190-yard, two-touchdown connection with Cunningham that carried the Vikings to a 37-24 victory. "It was just a great feeling."

When the Vikings landed in Minnesota, his half-brother, Eric Moss, who was briefly his teammate, wondered about the celebrating the big win.

"I said, 'Going out? No, I want to go home,'" Moss said.

Then defensive tackle John Randle tapped him on the shoulder.

"Man, we're going to party tonight!" Moss said, recalling Randle's pronouncement to the rookie. "That's when I finally understood what it really meant to the guys for us to go into Lambeau and win."

Twenty years later, with Moss set to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend after being elected in his first year of eligibility, the swift, sleek and sometimes-sassy wide receiver has finally understood the depth of his impact on the game and the privilege of opportunity to serve as a celebrant of the sport.

"I came into the league with, I guess, my head not really screwed on my shoulders properly," Moss said recently on a conference call with reporters.

Over time, the "homebody-type guy" from tiny Rand, West Virginia, who ranks second in NFL history in touchdown receptions (156) and fourth in receiving yards (15,292), learned how to soften some of the edges he's carried since he was a kid.

"I've been able to open myself up and meet more people Authentic Marcus Johansson Jersey , be able to travel the world," said Moss, who's in his third season as an ESPN analyst. "Football here in America is a very powerful sport, and just being in that gold jacket, hopefully I can just be able to continue to reach people and continue to do great things."

Moss will become the 14th inductee from the Vikings, joining former teammates Cris Carter, Chris Doleman, Randall McDaniel and Randle. He'll be the 27th wide receiver enshrined at the museum in Canton, Ohio. That's a three-hour drive from his hometown, but it's sure a long way from poverty-ridden Rand where Moss and his sports-loving friends played football as frequently as they could in the heart of coal country next to the Allegheny Mountains just south of the capital city, Charleston.

"It was something that just felt good. I loved to compete. I just loved going out there just doing what kids do, just getting dirty," Moss said.

He landed at Marshall University after some off-the-field trouble kept him out of Florida State and Notre Dame, and he took the Thundering Herd to what was then the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 1996. Several NFL teams remained wary of his past, but Vikings head coach Dennis Green didn't flinch when Moss was still on the board in the 1998 draft with the 21st overall pick. Moss never forgot the teams that passed on him, with especially punishing performances against Dallas, Detroit and Green Bay.

"I just carried a certain chip on my shoulder because the way I grew up playing was just basically having a tough mentality," Moss said. "Crying, hurting, in pain? So what? Get up, and let's go."

The Vikings finished 15-1 in 1998, infamously missing the Super Bowl by a field goal. The next draft Authentic Derrick Henry Jersey , the Packers took cornerbacks with their first three picks.

Moss never escaped his reputation as a moody player whose behavior and effort were often questioned. That led to his first departure from Minnesota, via trade to Oakland in 2005.

The Raiders dealt him to New England in 2007, when the Patriots became the first 16-0 team before losing in the Super Bowl, to the New York Giants.

After a rocky 2010 for Moss, including being traded by the Patriots and released by the Vikings, he took a year off. He returned in 2012 to reach one more Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers.

Moss was not a particularly physical player, but for his lanky frame he had plenty of strength. His combination of height and speed was exceptional, and his instincts for the game were too.

Carter taught him how to watch the video board at the Metrodome to find the ball in the air, and he had a knack for keeping his hands close enough to his body that if the defensive back in coverage had his back to the quarterback he couldn't tell when the ball was about to arrive.

In an NFL Films clip that captured a sideline conversation between him and Cunningham during one game, Moss yelled, "Throw it up above his head! They can't jump with me! Golly!"

For Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen, who has lived his entire life in Minnesota, was a sports-loving 8-year-old in 1998 when Moss helped lead the Vikings to what was then the NFL season scoring record with 556 points. The first team to break it was New England in 2007 with, again, Moss as the premier pass-catcher who set the all-time record that year with 23 touchdown catches.

"It's fun to look back at his career and watch his old film. I love when that stuff pops up on Instagram, to be able to watch some of those old Randy plays that made me want to play this game," Thielen said. "I try to emulate him as much as I can."

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