merrill hodge – MDHQ http://www.mockdrafthq.com Updated Mock Drafts, Prospect Rankings, Scouting Reports Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:14:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Rewind: Merrill Hodge’s Johnny Manziel Analysis was 100% Right http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2016/03/rewind-merrill-hodge-100-johnny-manziel.html Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:13:54 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=8721 It is time to give credit where credit is due. Approximately two years ago ESPN analyst Merrill Hodge was heavily criticized for coming at Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel and his lack of elite first round talent.

Looking back, Hodge’s rant was 100% spot on. People forget that some were calling for Johnny Football at #1 overall!

Here is what Hodge said:

  • Johnny’s skill set had bust written all over him.
  • No team should take him in the first round.
  • Any staff that takes him, the head coach, staff and GM will be fired in two years.
  • Johnny makes bad decisions and NOT pan out in the league.
  • Graded him a 6th round pick at BEST.
  • No team should draft him in the first 3 rounds

All of these predictions were 100% DEAD ACCURATE. SPOT ON.

But yet people like Skip Bayless who said Johnny should have went #1 overall still get paid millions to analyze sports?

I’ll just hold my tongue there.

Click play below and let the facts speak for themselves:

]]> Merrill Hodge on Johnny Manziel: Definite Bust http://www.mockdrafthq.com/2014/03/merrill-hodge-johnny-manziel-definite-bust.html Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.mockdrafthq.com/?p=6336 Merrill Hodge is back at it again. Today on ESPN’s First Take he unleashed a diatribe on Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. Hodge said that Manziel would be a “definite bust,” citing Manziel’s poor timing and wild style of play.

To most people these factors are what makes Manziel the most intriguing pick in the draft because not only does he play the most important position, but he has been extremely successful playing an unorthodox style. Hodge cited the career of one Michael Vick as a likely indicator of the risk in selecting “Johnny Football” with a first round pick.

Merrill Hodge wouldn’t draft Johnny Manziel until the 5th or 6th round! His comments below:

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