For most incoming NFL quarterbacks, Johnny Manziel is a cautionary tale. For Diego Pavia, Manziel is a role model.<\/p>\n
Pavia told reporters at the Scouting Combine on Friday that he\u2019s getting advice from the Heisman winner turned first-round bust.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s giving me what to look out for, what it\u2019s like, how to stay in the process,\u201d Pavia said regarding Manziel. \u201cAnd, you know, he\u2019s given me some good advice<\/a>, for sure. And he always reaches out, too, checks up on me, makes sure I\u2019m good, and he just, like, he\u2019s just a friend to me, you know? And so he\u2019s giving me some mentorship. He\u2019s been around me, he\u2019s been around my family. He\u2019s just a great person for those that really don\u2019t know him.\u201d<\/p>\n The downfall of Manziel has been well documented. A natural talent who became the most exciting player in college football, he wasn\u2019t willing or able to make the commitment of time, effort, and desire needed to thrive at the next level. Whatever the terms used (immaturity, entitlement, etc.), Manziel wasn\u2019t ready to meet the moment.<\/p>\n And while he was a first-round pick, he fell through the first 20 picks (to the dismay of Jon Gruden<\/a>). Manziel\u2019s effort to be drafted as high as possible (which included the unprecedented decision to show up for his Pro Day workout in a helmet and shoulder pads<\/a>) largely failed, relative to his expectations. His career absolutely failed, relative to his perceived potential.<\/p>\n If Manziel has learned through his own experience lessons from which others can learn, he could help Pavia. When it comes to the challenge that awaits at the next level, all Manziel can say is, \u201cDon\u2019t do what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Regardless, Pavia\u2019s draft stock is much lower than Manziel\u2019s was. There\u2019s a chance Pavia will go undrafted. Which means that, when he gets a chance to climb from the 90-man roster to the final 53, he\u2019ll need to do something Manziel never did \u2014 work his ass off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For most incoming NFL quarterbacks, Johnny Manziel is a cautionary tale. For Diego Pavia, Manziel is a role…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-496474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}