Fran Tarkenton Compares Himself to Johnny Manziel in Recent Interview

March 11, 2014   ·   Matt Fitzgerald   ·   Jump to comments

Due to his diminutive stature, uncanny knack for extending plays out of the pocket and being excellent at playing quarterback, Johnny Manziel has been compared to NFL legend Fran Tarkenton.
The Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner figures to be a top pick in the upcoming NFL draft, but whether he can succeed in the pros is a subject of much debate. So of course, it's interesting to ponder what Tarkenton would have to say about Manziel's professional prospects, and thanks to Jim Corbett of USA Today, an in-depth assessment from Tarkenton is now public record.    
Tarkenton said in the Tuesday report that he sees a lot of himself in Manziel, and that the 21-year-old dynamo has all the elements to succeed at the next level as a player:
Nobody really played like I played. This kid plays like I did more than anybody else. He's the closest thing I've seen to myself. Russell Wilson has some of it. But Manziel has those similarities even more so than Russell. ...

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