BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Before Jerry Jones considers signing Johnny Manziel to play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, he wants the former Heisman Trophy winning quarterback to get his life turned around.
"The overwhelming response and the overwhelming mentality is for him, if we're involved in any way, to help and encourage him to get it together, to get his issue improved because those issues, in my mind, not talent, are why he is free today," Jones said Tuesday from the owners meetings. "It's those issues, and those issues are the overriding consideration here and how and what basis that those can be dealt with and addressed."
After a troubling rookie season, Manziel spent 10 weeks in rehab. In 2015, he spent the final week of the season in Vegas, missing a medical test for a concussion. A Dallas grand jury now is deciding whether Manziel should be charged for allegedly abusing his ex-girlfriend.
Jones said he has not spoken to Manziel since the Cleveland Browns released him. He also has not spoken to Manziel's new agent, Drew Rosenhaus. According to sources, at a personnel meeting at the end of the 2015 season Manziel's name was mentioned as a possible quarterback candidate and the thought was rejected.
Jones looked to draft Manziel in the first round in 2014 but he stuck with his scouting department and the Cowboys took Zack Martin. Jones, however, has lamented missing out on Manziel on numerous occasions even as the quarterback struggled in Cleveland.
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