Quarterback Johnny Manziel has first practice with Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON — Johnny Manziel spent much of the first day of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ training camp as an observer.
The former Heisman Trophy winner watched a lot of Sunday’s session a day after signing with the CFL club. The six-foot, 210-pound Manziel threw while working with the five other quarterbacks and did short tosses to receivers but knelt off to the side or stood with quarterback coach Dan Morrison during both the one-on-one pass drills and seven-on-seven session at Ron Joyce Stadium.
Ticats head coach June Jones said the slow approach with Manziel was by design.
“That’s because he doesn’t know the terminology, he doesn’t know anything,” Jones said. “Dan was walking through each route as it was called.