Sunday Six Pack: Week Fifteen

Ken Kelly Posted On December 14, 2014

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We’re with you every Sunday to provide the Sunday Six Pack, an article featuring six of the biggest storylines heading into each and every week of the season. Keeping tabs on these events will keep you prepared and informed throughout the season – just don’t drive within six hours of reading this.

Today, we’re going to do something different. Typically, there are six fairly even stroylines to cover each week. They range from rising players, to inuries to sleepers to really just about anything else of interest. Today, there’s one story that trumps all others. With that in mind, today’s Sunday Six Pack will be one single, growler-sized edition.

Growler #1: Who’s Johnny?

Today is an exciting day in the world of fantasy football because we get to see the regular season starting debut of Johnny Manziel. Manziel is one of the most polarizing players we’ve seen in the past decade as it seems there are two different very distinct schools of thought on him.

Let’s explore.

[inlinead]The first group feels Manziel is a transcendent athelete – one we simply have never seen before. While his measureables may not equal out to what a prototypical quarterback tends to look like, his intangibles are simply off the charts. He has the ability to make plays we arguably haven’t seen since a young Michael Vick entered the league and his uncanny ability to elude defenders and turn negative plays into positive ones will simply outweigh his physical shortcomings. After all, this is a player who threw for nearly 8,000 yards, ran for more than 2,000 yards and accounted for 93 touchdowns playing against SEC competition – those numbers are staggering and it’s not as if he played against cupcakes each week in college.

The other school of thought on Manziel is pretty simple – college success means nothing in the NFL. While he was very impressive at Texas A&M, he was blessed to play with athletes like Mike Evans, who helped inflate his numbers. He’s small by NFL standards and we’ve seen many running quarterbacks simply break down due to inury because the speed and strength of the NFL athletes is so much superior, even compared to the SEC. Manziel doesn’t run to throw, he runs to run and that becomes very dangerous in professional football. In addition, the persona of “Johnny Football” is already rubbing Cleveland the wrong way. Manziel’s work ethic and leadership are in question and it’s quite possible he becomes the next Ryan Leaf before the next Andrew Luck.

The amazing thing to me in regards to this story is there seems to be no middle ground – you either love him or hate him. Regardless, Brian Hoyer has cooled off as of late and wasn’t playing good football. Manziel will be given the opportunity he’s longed for and fantasy footballers are waiting with extreme anticipation to see just what happens next.

What do you think we’ll see today?

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Ken is a corporate trainer by day an a tireless editor of dynasty content by night. His passion for the World Champion Seattle Seahawks is second only to his love of fantasy football and the dynasty format.

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