NFL Notes: Johnny Manziel, Chris Johnson, Draft

Johnny Manziel

Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that former Browns QB Johnny Manziel โ€œis in touch with multiple NFL head coachesโ€ in an attempt to revive his NFL career.

โ€œThere have been conversations,โ€ Garafolo said Wednesday. โ€œโ€ฆ People around him believe itโ€™s a very real possibility that he could return to the NFL, whether before or after his appearance in the Spring League.โ€

According to Garafolo, โ€œteams have been informed that Manziel will take zero dollars guaranteed, minimum salary, if need be.โ€

Chris Johnson

  • Veteran RB Chris Johnson tells Josina Anderson that he wants to โ€œgive it another goโ€ and hopefully find another opportunity for the 2018 season: โ€œIโ€™m not done yet. I am still going strong. I got too much juice left.โ€

Draft

  • Tony Pauline of Draft Analyst reports that Texans OL Connor Williams is โ€œslipping down draft boardsโ€ after teams began considering the possibility of moving him from offensive tackle to guard.
  • Pauline, citing a league source, also reports that the Ravens view Oklahoma OT Orlando Brown as the large prototypical lineman that the team typically likes.
  • Regarding the draft stock for Ohio State DE Sam Hubbard and SMU WR Courtland Sutton, Pauline was told that the two must put together โ€œstellar workoutsโ€ at the NFL Combine to remain first-round prospects.
  • Pauline hears that Army OT Brent Troth โ€œis not and will notโ€ lobby for deferment of his military service and plans to stand by the commitment he made upon entering West Point.
  • According to Pauline, Florida Stateโ€™s Derwin James is the top rated safety, while Alabamaโ€™s Ronnie Harrison is the No. 2 rated safety and will be drafted early in the second round if he does not get selected in the first.
  • Pauline says that Wake Forestโ€™s Jessie Bates III is someone who could be on the Panthersโ€™ and Cowboysโ€ radar around the third round.
  • According to Pauline, โ€œseveral teamsโ€ grade Texas S DeShon Elliott as a fifth-round prospect. However, Pauline believes heโ€™s a โ€œborderlineโ€ second-round pick.

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