He was right there waiting for them, like one of those meet-cutes in a terrible romantic comedy. The Dallas Cowboys, the best bad team in sports, had a chance with the 16th pick in the NFL draft to take Johnny Manziel, the Texas A&M quarterback whose projected career path ranges from “multiple-season All-Pro” to “playing in Arena League in five years while dating Lindsay Lohan.” How did Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who has such a hunger for entertaining disasters, let Manziel fall all the way to Cleveland six picks later? How did the ‘Boys — who finished 8-8 the last three seasons in a row, and have one playoff win since 1997 — end up taking a guard from Notre Dame over Johnny Freaking Football?
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