Johnny Manziel, we hardly knew ye.
Well, that's not exactly right. Over the past couple of years, we've all gotten to know Johnny "Football" pretty well. From his breathtaking - if less successful than you'd think - career at Texas A&M, to his fall in the first-round of the 2014 NFL Draft, to the promise wasted, the opportunities squandered, the rehab stint and strongly-worded reports of a "toxic" Browns culture centered around a petulant and immature Manziel, to the drinking and the partying and a starting gig in Cleveland won, lost and ultimately given away without much of a fight, we've been there.
Really, at this point, we probably all know Manziel and the inner workings of his life a little better than we'd like to.
That's why it wasn't altogether surprising when super-agent and semi-human hair pile Drew Rosenhaus announced Wednesday that he had "terminated" his contract with the former first-round pick, unless and until Manziel got himself together and quit drinking/partying/doing whatever else it is that has the Browns and every other NFL decision-maker spooked.
"I have terminated the standard representation with Johnny Manziel in the hopes of helping him get the treatment I believe he needs," Rosenhaus said. "I have informed him that if he takes the immediate steps I have outlined for him that I will rescind the termination and continue to represent him. Otherwise the termination will become permanent. There is a five-day window for me to rescind the termination. I'm hoping he takes the necessary steps to get his life back on track."
Of course, Rosenhaus isn't the first NFL rep to cut ties with Manziel. The troubled signal-caller's first agent, Erik Burkhardt, dropped Manziel in January after it became clear that whatever destructive path the former Mr. Football had started down wasn't going to change course any time soon.
Manziel, though he stuck with Cleveland into March and at different points during the 2015 NFL season looked as though he may finally have gotten "it," was released by the Browns this offseason in a move that the franchise's new brass framed as a house cleaning of all the bad ju-ju that had developed with Manziel in the building.
In the wake of his release, it seemed there was nowhere for Manziel to go but up. And yet, he continues to find himself in strange, TMZ-worthy situations.
Out in L.A. at 2.am, totally not drunk at all? Yep.
Passenger in a one-car wreck? Yep.
Confused as to where he's living? Yep.
Maybe, it turns out, living with another player who has his own substance abuse issues? Yep.
All the while still awaiting possible charges for assaulting his ex-girlfriend? You bet.
Really, as much as we love to poke and prod and watch our heroes crash and burn, that Manziel's once-promising NFL career may end with just 147 completed passes, 7 touchdowns and 7 interceptions is sad.
And while being dropped by Rosenhaus isn't necessarily the end, doesn't have to be the death knell of Manziel's professional career, it's at the very least an ill-omen for the guy once meant to save football in Cleveland.
And it may represents Manziel's last chance, already come and gone.
