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Johnny Manziel and Dane Evans, two roommates on the road to the Tiger-Cats road in Hamilton for two months, came together to watch "Westworld".
But like the CFL isThe regular world season closes on Saturday night. They will not be staying in a hotel room, but in Tim Hortons Field.
The two quarterbacks, both lodged deep behind Jeremiah Masoli in the depth chart before, during and after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp, will be the starters of a match that could mean something for the Ticats and eliminated from Montreal, playoffs. The Alouettes but nothing in the standings or, for the most part, in the stands.
Many football fans in Canada – and all south of the border – have badumed that Manziel would now be a player from the CFL, but not necessarily for Montreal.
Masoli's play justified a long time ago the end of July trade that sent Manziel to Montreal. Alouettes head coach Mike Sherman confirmed that Manziel would make his second start this year against the Ticats, and his eighth overall, although Antonio Pipkin and Matthew Shiltz will also play. On August 3, Manziel faced Ticats in Montreal, his first start in the CFL. He was eliminated four times in the first half of the 50-11 friendly.
"I think a lot of progress has been made since then," said Manziel on Friday. "I think we're playing better football too – I wanted to leave last week (a 40-10 victory over Toronto for Manziel's first win), we took a little momentum. I'm much more confident with what I'm doing on the offensive, I treat it like another game. "I do not really look back at what happened in the past."
Hamilton coach, June Jones, expects Manziel to play his best game of the year because of that first game, adding that Manziel was traded because he had needed playing time and that he was not getting it in Hamilton.
But, it is said here, this agreement would not have been pbaded if Evans had not demonstrated enough to win Jones' confidence to intervene if necessary.
The Ticats sent left tackle Tony Washington to Montreal with Manziel in the Canadian defense Jamaal Westerman, Impact receiver Chris Williams and two draft picks in the first round. Paradoxically, although the deal was very profitable for Hamilton, only Washington and Manziel will play Saturday.
"I think it was good for me," Manziel said. "I and coach Jones stayed a little in touch – it's someone I've looked back and who said I was happy to have it." worked with me.I learned a lot when I was there, but in Montreal I have a lot of reps, I have spent a lot of time on the ground, which is n & rsquo; Would not have been the case if I was in Hamilton, as he said, he made me very supportive and I think it worked for both sides. "
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