GM Eric Tillman and VP of Football Operations Kent Austin continue to pursue Manziel despite all the recent major red flags, even at the risk of alienating some fans, just as the hiring of coach Art Briles last year, who had covered up sexual abuse among players at Baylor University, did.

Ticats general manager Eric Tillman believes the deadline set by Johnny Manziel and his agent isn’t a hard one.
“A lot of stuff happens in the negotiation process,” Tillman told Alex Marvez and co-hosts Rick Neuheisel and Mark Dominik on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “We have a lot of respect for Erik [Burkhardt]. Our meetings with Johnny have been good.”
“We’ll be patient. I know the deadline is there but will be fluid. There’s a lot of time between now and the beginning of camp (in May).”
On Jan. 8, Burkhardt released a statement that said in part: “due to Johnny’s strong relationship with coach [June] Jones and Hamilton executive Kent Austin, we’ve made the decision to deal exclusively with Hamilton and give them until January 31st to work out a fair deal to make him their quarterback.”
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