Skip: Manziel will be Bigger in Cleveland than LeBron ever was

Published on May 9, 2014
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ESPN First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless discuss Cleveland's selection of Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel with the #22 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

[@Rucarlos]

It's so funny to watch this on 2018. How come Shannon Sharpe never brought this up 😂😂

[@vjjusn6486]

Watch the video between him and Merrill Hodge. Merrill Hodge called it saying him the coaching staff and the franchise will be gone in 2 years

[@Lilpetty4]

I had to look up this after the talk about Murray 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@emilio1316]

It’s still as funny here in 2020

[@venom74799]

It’s even funnier after Lebron winning another championship

[@gunver79]

Involuntary comedy gold. 🤣🤣🤣

[@agiandilettijr]

Anyone else here in 2020 watching this for pure comedic enjoyment?

[@124jim]

2021

[@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

Nope... I'm watching it in 2021 for pure comedic enjoyment. 😂😂😂

[@dynastyman36]

It’s 2023 now and it’s still funny 😂

[@mkz2017]

Aged like milk sittin on the radiator

[@MasterJoeda_]

2023 🤣🤣

[@jerrygreen2502]

0-16. Drafting Johnny Manziel in the first round is how you end up there.

[@napalmblaziken]

JR Greene Now to be fair, Manziel actually did win a game.

[@Mister3Smiley]

Manziel wasn’t even on that 0-16 team

[@pjmathison9787]

It’s 2022 and this shit will never not be funny.

[@andrescortez4976]

This is still funny af😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@chriscothron3606]

“The connection of Johnny Manziel to Josh Gordon will be heating up November’s, December’s, and Januarys in Cleveland”

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

Heating up crack pipes?

[@devinlin6738]

The face on Stephen A Smith is priceless!

[@jacobs3780]

Enjoying this gem in 2022 😂😂😂

[@williemoloney50]

Good lord he mentions josh Gordon too 😂

[@murray8378]

Yeah this is SNL material!

[@HockeyDudeJames2]

😅 bro

[@chiefsonic24]

This is my favorite Skip Bayless take ever!😂😂😂

[@Riles3152]

Skips excuse was that Manziel had alcohol/off the field issues. Skip is the type of person that is more than willing to tell everyone within ear site that he was right about something and is more than willing to offer an excuse when it turns out that he was wrong.

[@robertmillikan600]

Facts

[@yoshpeters3079]

Exactly he’s my guy

[@jf13579]

@@yoshpeters3079lol

[@vili76]

Wow, he so wrong it's not even funny. He loves Druggie Manzel but hates Aaron Rodgers for some reason. SMH

[@duffal0]

Rodgers is a jerk lmao

[@lowkeyasscharacter]

Abdul Shah everyone saids Brady is a supper nice dude

[@hollywoodhh5646]

Because Johnny is from.texas and he is a good ole boy from Oklahoma who loves his Texas teams like most from Oklahoma. And rodgers is a hipster from cali good ole boys like skip dont like that. The sad thing is he still has a job after making predictions like that.

[@dannylewis9520]

Bruh...

[@bighead182]

😂😂😂😂

[@Speculativedude]

I love how even though Steven A was a huge Johnny Manziel supporter, even he said, "What??!!" when Skip made the bigger than LeBron comment. LOL Classic.

[@joshshapiro3397]

watching this in 2020 is the funniest thing ever

[@mwcarolina]

Stephen A Smith likely thought Skip was on something when he said this.

[@seanjewth]

mwcarolina THE WEEEEEEEEEEEEED *stephen a voice*

[@Bryan-1991]

The skip bayless show brought me here

[@JusticeForPottsvilleMaroons]

This aged like fine wine

[@brodocbetty4856]

Skip you know nothing about football talent.

[@davester1970]

Skip Bayless doesn't know anything about sports period.

[@skottg.walton240]

Very true!

[@L.S.1]

Bro when Stephen A Was like WHATTT that shit had me rolling 0:38

[@RaulRosasChin]

Sometimes when i need a good laugh, i come back to this classic.

[@dts_8247]

Anthony Barr= 4x pro bowler Johnny Manziel = Um.......

[@mikeyo3377]

Watch Skip's take on Johnny Manziel vs Merril Hoge prior to the draft. Hoge was dead on accurate and Skip was horrifically wrong as usual.

[@neilkruse835]

This guy gets paid to give his opinions on sports? Seriously? Johnny Manziel bigger in Cleveland than LeBron James? Really? I'm done.

[@ctaylor2805]

Neil Kruse paid good money

[@tomshea8382]

He's a racist douchebag.

[@JordanPerspectivePod]

@@tomshea8382 Skip is not racist. Get the fuck outta here with that shit

[@tomshea8382]

@@JordanPerspectivePod Come on, Skip, don't hide behind some bogus KZbin handle!

[@JordanPerspectivePod]

@@tomshea8382 Do you think Stephen A. and Shannon would work with him 5 days a week for multiple years if he were racist? or what about when he got Rob Parker a second chance at Fox when Rob was fired from ESPN.

[@xordus]

This video is probably why Skip left ESPN. I don't think he could look dumber than this.

[@GT2355_]

When life gets hard you gotta just go back to this moment

[@Btt741]

Skip will forever regret this segment!

[@crowtservo]

That 2014 early first round was stacked. You had Clowney, Sammy Watkins, Khalil Mack, Anthony Barr, Odell Beckham, Aaron Donald, Ryan Shazier. Man, no wonder everyone was passing up Manziel.

[@actavisprime514]

Anthony Barr turned out to be a pro bowler 😂

[@dts_8247]

Barr is an absolute talent where is Manziel again? 😂😂

[@pearsonw3]

Anthony Barr didn’t jump off the screen to him and now he’s been to the pro bowl 3 times.

[@fse2520]

LeBron is still bigger in Cleveland than Johnny is.

[@eliteshtposting1689]

You don't say.

[@Toosii2times]

booger macfarland ova here

[@jameshowlett5106]

Skip said Tebow and Manziel would be great and even promised Eric Mangini would win a Super Bowl in New York. Remember this if you're having a bad day.

[@drbryant23]

2022 and still funny.

[@lowkeyasscharacter]

It’s 2020 and this is soo funny lmao 😂

[@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381]

0:38 That "What" sums it up perfectly

[@Palm-Pine-Aussies]

That one football player who can’t even win a game for a Canadian football team?

[@RobertBalto]

This is so fitting, even right down to the fact that most of the teams he talked about making "all-time" mistakes ended up picking perennial Pro-Bowlers.

[@zachrizzo6525]

I wonder if Skip is ever embarrassed with these cold takes

[@bucketand1881]

Nah , he does it purposely to get takes .

[@infinitymixtapes9562]

I'm convinced this right here cursed Manziel forever

[@KingKenzo215]

Manziel was the slim Jesus of the nfl lol

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

Now Johnny Manziel is playing for the Fan Controlled Football League in 2021.

[@jcosu86]

Good Lord, how embarrassing. The guy was NOT an NFL QB and had no motivation. How Bayless thought he was so great is baffling.

[@kasdcomoa5567]

It's amazing this man gets paid millions of dollars to call NFL executives on TV "idiotic" for passing up on Manziel 😂

[@leonanderson2197]

The passing combo between manziel an Gordon turned out to be a pint of lager an a joint

[@Toosii2times]

more like a gram of coke and a straw

[@Tejas2148]

This is just great television. Hate em or love ‘em, Skips a master

[@commonsense3921]

Master of what?

[@wjack89]

These 2 together were excellent

[@Bymyself-qf2yu]

Who here after club Shay Shay interview?

[@aaronf.186]

Skip went all in with a 2-7 off suited

[@bigcong7845]

0:28 the worst prediction in sports history

[@KingKenzo215]

I never heard Skip say anything about if alcohol is involved, I am out he blessed him as the greatest thing to ever come out of college. But will never admit he’s wrong.

[@gmwdim]

Meanwhile Zack Martin who the Cowboys took with the 16th pick is having a Hall of Fame caliber career.

[@leaphengleng2941]

This never get old. 🙂🙂😂😂😂

[@vincemaria3981]

Johnny manziel to josh Gordon🤣🤣🤣

[@lildoritoes8725]

Who here in 2021

[@BlackSupranoMDHTHC]

Fcf league now

[@kyellynch2721]

Manziel vs the Players Skip said were a mistake Jadeveon Clowney* Greg Robinson Black Bortles Khalil Mack*+ Mike Evans*+ Anthony Barr* Taylor Lewan* Aaron Donald*+ Zack Martin*+ 7 pro bowlers, 4 future hall of famers, and each and everyone of them was better than Manziel and skip called them a mistake the coldest of cold takes

[@BullyG1]

This aged well...........

[@elisefincher4478]

Well this has aged well.....

[@Tunechi65]

LMAO I occasionally come back to laugh at this😂😂😂

[@emilio1316]

To be fair Manziel did become big in Cleveland as the biggest bust in franchise history.

[@griff4899]

This aged well

[@johansencontreras2186]

No it didn't

[@skipbayless4375]

Why does Stephen A look like EDP when he reacts 0:41 😂😂

[@russkaine]

Who’s laughing at this in 2021😂

[@jessicabarnhart4154]

Why does he still have a job

[@derekrau8236]

Manzel to Gordon. So fucking ridiculous.

[@AngelPerez-pc4sf]

At this moment skip knew he fucked up lol

[@jamieh9303]

The Eagles traded away the pick that was used to select Johnny Manziel. I don't see them regretting it lol.

[@MikePSU]

I regret it only it only that the Eagles missed out on Dee Ford who I wanted very much at the time, and instead ended up with a bust ourself at 26 in Marcus Smith.

[@lraoux]

Lmao it’s not like it went much better 😂

[@NikolaiPCulp]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA THIS IS SO FUNNY

[@rocxsolid]

Here in 2021 wishing Uncle Shay would pull this clip but its different networks so i understand 😂

[@gobot581]

I think it’s okay to be wrong at work sometimes but this has to be a fireable offense. Like if you’re going to go do extreme and be so wrong there has to be a consequence if he was somehow right we’d never hear the end of it

[@kennypetrovic4286]

I WAS WATCHING "THE ART OF BEING AN NFL DRAFT BUST" AND HAD TO COME BACK JUST FOR THE COMMENTS.😂😂😂

[@Silas_yt-]

Bold prediction hahaha! At least he was right about Justin Gilbert.

[@ronaldcammarata3422]

If only the Browns would hire Bayless to run their team, the rest of the AFC North would have 3 byes every year.

[@chriscothron3606]

Classic Skip Bayless

[@Millisach1]

Made a pitstop here from 2023 to remember what a j/a Skip is

[@ObiWanGinobiliTopFan]

This is just a wild guess, but something tells me Manziel's name probably isn't uttered in sports-hero conversations in Cleveland more often than LeBron's is....🤣 Sorry Skip.

[@emmanueloduntan3286]

This aged like wine 😂🍷

[@sethbriars2042]

In an alternate universe somewhere skip.

[@gunver79]

In retrospect they actually make NFL scouts look competent. 😁

[@a_leis7]

Watching this in 2020 is so funny 💀

[@justmaxproductions]

young me was super upset we didn't pick Manziel, slightly older me now laughs at Manziel and sees how bad he was

[@teddydirtybastard2372]

2020 😂😂😂 and this guy still is on TV

[@cliffhilderbrand9667]

Buccaneers hit their pick right on the money at #7 by drafting Mike Evans

[@2jjordan124]

So in this draft Cleveland had the 4th, 8th and via trade 22nd overall picks??? Damn this should have changed the game in Cleveland for years to come and it didnt

[@djuchdev]

I googled “idiotic takes” and got this

[@imdefinitelynotatroll505]

We saw how that worked out

[@camfrey1]

I knew Stephen A lost weight but GOODNESS! Looks like he has a suit on here...

[@lightschunk]

FUCK YEAH! SKIP BAYLESS!

[@cal5000]

Classic Skip

[@wuverboy]

Who's here after club Shay Shay?

[@johncurtis7186]

Talk about screwing up TWO first round picks! Somehow the Browns found a way 🤷🏻‍♂️ Great analysis Skip 😂

[@ctaylor2805]

Well we can just add this to skip bayless list of idiotic predictions.

[@skottg.walton240]

Exactly! Bayless is an IDIOT! Manziel?? Merrill Hoge was dead on point about Manziel! He was never going to be a NFL QB.

[@smpenn4430]

From now on if anyone asks me what a bruh moment is I’ll point them to this video

[@thebeliever95]

Damn Cleveland really screwed up all those first round picks they had in 2014

[@ForelliBoy]

Baker Mayfield: [Leonardo di Caprio laughing with wine]

[@sagenev]

No wonder Skip's a Cowboys fan with this football knowledge and expertise.

[@lraoux]

This aged well 😂

[@lashunebrown7405]

Fast Forward it to 2021 🤣🤣🤣

[@generalshadow9027]

It’s sad cause of what could have been.

[@datsapaddlin]

Skip really has no shame 😂.

[@lebrongoat9920]

Anyone hear after Manz playing in the fan controlled league 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@emmanuelzanders1746]

Cowboys drafted GvZack Martin great pick Rams got Arron Donald Giants OBJ Buccaneers Mike Evans At least Blake Bortes took the jaguars to the afc championship game