Johnny Manziel admitted he had come to grips with one thing about his quick time with the Cleveland Browns whereas reflecting on his quick NFL profession.

Manziel lamented on dropping his teammates’ respect throughout his time with the Browns.

RAMS’ AARON DONALD BELIEVES REFEREES ARE MISSING ‘BLATANT’ HOLDING CALLS THIS YEAR

“Trying again on it now, I might say I completely, 100% misplaced their respect. Why would not you? If I used to be one in all them wanting again at what I used to be doing, and your selections that you just make off the sector impression if I put meals on mine, yeah I would really feel some sort of method, one hundred percent,” he stated in an episode of the YNK Podcast.

“I might say we wasted a draft choose to go get this man who does not give a f—ok. And that is my solely factor in life that I have never been in a position to look again and like absolutely have closure on. … It is in all probability one of many solely issues that I have never appeared again on and been in a position to be like tremendous, tremendous OK with what occurred.”

MATTHEW STAFFORD, DESHAUN WATSON KNEEL DURING ANTHEM BEFORE LIONS-TEXANS THANKSGIVING GAME

On enjoying with offensive lineman Joe Thomas, Manziel stated he felt dangerous for losing two years of his profession.

Manziel performed 14 video games with the Browns and had failed stints within the Canadian Soccer League and the Alliance of American Soccer.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

He has beforehand stated he’s OK with being out of professional soccer.

Tens of hundreds of followers, many weeping however desirous to honor Diego Maradona, filed previous the coffin of Argentina’s most iconic soccer star on Thursday.

Followers blew kisses as they handed Maradona’s wood casket in the primary foyer of the presidential Casa Rosada, some strike their chests with closed fists and shouting, “Let’s go Diego.”

It was the form of honor normally given heads of state, however few heads of state have ever aroused such loyalty or ardour.

On the road, the road to see Maradona’s casket was greater than 20 blocks lengthy, and disturbances broke out no less than twice as followers desirous to view the casket clashed with safety forces in entrance of presidential palace, interrupting the stream of tourists.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

The casket was lined in an Argentine flag and the No. 10 shirt he famously wore the nationwide workforce. Dozens of different shirts of various soccer groups tossed in by weeping guests have been scattered on and across the casket.

Maradona died on Wednesday of a coronary heart assault in a home exterior Buenos Aires the place he had been recovering from a a mind operation on Nov. three.

Open visitation, began at 6:15 a.m. after a couple of hours of privateness for household and shut pals. The primary to bid farewell have been his daughters and shut relations. His ex-wife Claudia Villafañe got here with Maradona’s daughters Dalma and Gianinna. Later got here Verónica Ojeda, additionally his ex-wife, with their son Dieguito Fernando.

Jana, who Maradona acknowledged as his daughter only some years in the past, additionally attended the funeral.

Then got here former teammates of the 1986 World Cup-winning squad together with Oscar Ruggeri. Different Argentine footballers, comparable to Boca Juniors’ Carlos Tévez, confirmed up, too.

Early within the morning some followers grew impatient as police tried to keep up order, throwing bottles and items of steel fencing at police exterior the presidential workplaces within the coronary heart of Buenos Aires. Officers at one level used tear fuel to attempt to management them.

Clashes once more broke out within the early afternoon as police fired rubber bullets at followers attempting to drive their approach forward.

Argentina President Alberto Fernández had appeared at noon and positioned on the casket a shirt of Argentinos Juniors, Maradona’s first membership as knowledgeable.

In tears, Fernández additionally laid two handkerchiefs of the human rights group Madres de Plaza de Mayo, who wore them for years to protest the disappearance of their kids underneath the Argentina’s army dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.

Maradona, an outspoken leftist who had a picture of Argentine Revolutionary Che Guevara tattooed on one bicep, was a good friend of the Madres and of different human rights organizations.

The strains began forming exterior the Casa Rosada solely hours after Maradona’s demise was confirmed and grew to a number of blocks. Amongst these current have been the famend barrabravas followers of Boca Juniors, certainly one of his former golf equipment.

The primary fan to go to was Nahuel de Lima, 30, utilizing crutches to maneuver due to a incapacity.

“He made Argentina be acknowledged all around the world, who speaks of Maradona additionally speaks of Argentina,” de Lima advised The Related Press. “Diego is the folks…. At present the shirts, the political flags do not matter. We got here to say goodbye to an awesome that gave us a variety of pleasure.”

Maradona’s soccer genius, private struggles and plain-spoken character resonated deeply with Argentines.

He led an underdog workforce to glory within the 1986 World Cup, successful the title after scoring two astonishing objectives in a semifinal match in opposition to England, thrilling a rustic that felt humiliated by its loss in opposition to the British within the latest Falklands conflict and that was nonetheless recovering from the brutal army dictatorship.

Many deeply sympathized with the struggles of a person who rose from poverty to fame and wealth and fell into abuse of drug, drink and meals. He remained idolized within the soccer-mad nation because the “Pibe de Oro” or “Golden Boy.”

Lidia and Estela Villalba cried close to the exit of the foyer. Each had a Boca Juniors shirt and an Argentinian flag on their shoulders.

“We advised him we love him, that he was the best,” they mentioned on the similar time.

These ready for enter the Casa Rosada have been largely sporting masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however they struggled to maintain social distancing.

Social employee Rosa Noemí Monje, 63, mentioned she and others overseeing well being protocols understood the emotion of the second.

“It’s unattainable to ask them to distance. We behave respectfully and provide them sanitizer and face masks,” she mentioned. Monje additionally paid her final tribute to Maradona.

“I advised him: to victory at all times, Diego,” Monje mentioned as she wept.

An enormous mural of Maradona’a face was painted on the tiles that cowl the Plaza de Mayo, close to the Casa Rosada, which was adorned with an enormous black ribbon on the entrance.

It’s a Thanksgiving to recollect.

The 2 NYPD officers who have been shot whereas responding to a home dispute in Queens have been launched from the hospital Thursday — simply in time to spend the vacation with their family members.

Joseph Murphy and Christopher Wells have been greeted by dozens of their brothers in blue as they have been rolled out of Jamaica Hospital in wheelchairs.

2 NYC POLICE OFFICERS WOUNDED IN DAYTIME SHOOTING

Each males have been flanked by their wives — with Wells’ carrying their bundled-up 2-week-old child in her arms.

“I’m excited to go residence,” mentioned Wells, who’s been on the pressure for 14 years. “So glad.”

Bagpipes blared as each plainclothes and uniformed members of the NYPD applauded the lads.

Police preserve a fringe outdoors against the law scene, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, within the Queens borough of New York. Two New York Metropolis cops have been wounded Tuesday afternoon by a person who opened hearth as they arrived for a wellness verify at a house with a historical past of home violence, a legislation enforcement official mentioned. (AP Photograph/John Minchillo)

“I’m trying ahead to going residence and spending time with my household, sit down with the individuals I really like and revel in a meal,” mentioned Murphy, a dad of 1 with six years on the job. “I’m further grateful.”

The pair of cops have been shot by Rondell Goppy on the 41-year-old suspect’s Springfield Gardens residence Tuesday afternoon.

The officers had simply escorted Goppy’s spouse again to the condominium on 179th Avenue to retrieve her belongings when the CUNY peace officer walked by way of the entrance door and opened hearth, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea mentioned.

Goppy — whose spouse had gone to the 105th Precinct that morning to report that her husband had choked her — was shot a number of occasions and killed.

Murphy, who had realized his spouse is pregnant simply earlier than his shift Tuesday, suffered gunshot wounds to each fingers, whereas Wells was shot within the leg, shattering his femur.

Each underwent surgical procedure and Murphy will seemingly must go beneath the knife once more for certainly one of his fingers, Shea mentioned.

“I feel while you see the emotion that you just see right here and smiles in per week the place you’ve gotten two cops shot, there isn’t a shock right here in the present day what we have now to be pleased about,” the town’s prime cop informed reporters simply after the officers have been launched.

“We’re simply so grateful that these officers are going to have the ability to get residence in the present day, sit on the sofa, watch some soccer with their stunning households. It’s not misplaced on us actually how fortunate we’re.”

CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP

Shea additionally underscored that women and men in legislation enforcement get up every day with the only mission to serve and defend the general public.

“That’s precisely what these officers did,” he mentioned. “We couldn’t be extra pleased with the job they did right here in excessive circumstances in saving lives.”

President-elect Joe Biden known as on People to make a sacrifice this Thanksgiving by foregoing massive gatherings and famous that his circle of relatives is giving up their custom to adjust to coronavirus tips. 

Biden mentioned his massive household usually gathers in Nantucket on the vacation, however as a substitute, this 12 months he and spouse Jill Biden would have a “small group” round their dinner desk in Delaware. 

“I do know this is not the way in which many people hoped we might spend our vacation. We all know that a small act of staying house is a present to our fellow People,” the president-elect wrote in a clip posted to Twitter. 

“It is a private sacrifice that every of our households could make and may make to avoid wasting anyone else’s life. But it surely’s additionally a shared sacrifice for the entire nation,” he continued. 

The U.S. lately hit a brand new file of two million new coronavirus circumstances in two weeks. 

WHAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP DOING ON THANKSGIVING? 

Nonetheless, Biden provided hope that “higher days are coming.”

“I do know higher days are coming. I understand how vivid our future is. I do know the 21st century goes to be an American century.”

Jill Biden then thanked front-line staff and acknowledged those that had misplaced family members to COVID-19. 

“We’re grateful for the thousands and thousands of People who’ve been engaged on the frontlines all through this pandemic. Those that look after our sick, who assist put meals on our tables, who educate our kids, who placed on a uniform to serve our nation and the households who love them as properly. We’re grateful for everybody who met this second with kindness, bringing groceries to neighbors or asking ‘how can I assist?’ For each small enterprise proprietor who put their staff and their communities earlier than themselves.” 

“So many individuals are celebrating this 12 months realizing that somebody they love won’t ever once more take their seat on the desk. Joe and I do know the ache of that vacant chair. In case you are a kind of households, please know that our hearts are with you and that that you just aren’t alone,” she continued. 

Well being consultants and lawmakers throughout the nation have urged People to not journey over the vacation, and a quantity have banned gatherings bigger than 10. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention final week launched tips recommending in opposition to journey.

But the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screened greater than three million individuals final weekend, a file weekend since coronavirus lockdowns originated in mid-March. 

OREGON GOVERNOR URGES RESIDENTS TO ‘UNINVITE’ FAMILY FOR THANKSGIVING

On Thursday morning, Jill and Joe Biden penned an op-ed for CNN. “This 12 months, our turkey shall be smaller and the clatter of cooking slightly quieter. There shall be no household walks within the chilly or playful bickering amongst the grandkids. Like thousands and thousands of People, we’re briefly letting go of the traditions we will not do safely,” they wrote. 

In the meantime, for the primary time since he took workplace, President Trump didn’t spend Thanksgiving at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. 

Though the president was initially scheduled to journey to Palm Seaside for the vacation, Stephanie Grisham, spokeswoman for first girl Melania Trump, tweeted final week that the Trumps had chosen to stay on the White Home as a substitute.

Throughout his annual proclamation on Wednesday, Trump additionally thanked those that needed to stay other than their households, pointing to servicemembers abroad. 

“Throughout this season of gratitude, we additionally acknowledge those that can’t be with their households. This consists of the courageous American patriots of our Armed Forces who selflessly defend our sacred liberty at dwelling and overseas,” he mentioned. 

He continued: “And we pause to recollect the sacrifices of our legislation enforcement personnel and first responders. We’re deeply grateful for all those that stay on watch over the vacations and hold us secure as we have fun and give thanks for the blessings in our lives.”

Biden, too, gave an tackle Wednesday, specializing in the necessity for sacrifice because the virus surges. 

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“Our nation’s in the course of a dramatic spike in circumstances. We’re now averaging 160,000 new circumstances a day,” the president-elect mentioned, warning as soon as once more that People are going through “an extended, laborious, winter.”

People are nonetheless touring for the vacations.

Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention has issued warnings towards touring over the vacation. Whereas the general variety of vacationers continues to be down, the TSA nonetheless reported a large spike within the variety of folks passing by means of airports.

Thanksgiving is commonly one of many busiest holidays for journey. This 12 months, nonetheless, the CDC issued a warning towards touring to go to household and buddies for the vacation resulting from a spike in coronavirus infections. The federal government company warned People towards visiting anybody for the vacation that they don’t already stay with.

BRITISH AIRWAYS SELLING LUXURY TRAVEL ITEMS AMID UK CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWNS

Since final Friday, nonetheless, the TSA has screened almost 5 million folks on the nation’s airports, Skift stories. Actually, this time interval has reportedly been the busiest that airports have seen for the reason that pandemic started.

Throughout this time interval, the TSA reported that there have been a number of days throughout which over one million vacationers have been screened. Earlier than this, there was solely in the future since March that over one million vacationers have been recorded in a single day.

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS

Journey patterns have reportedly modified this 12 months. Usually, Thanksgiving is busiest throughout the days closest to the vacation. Attributable to distant work and college, nonetheless, households seem to have extra flexibility and are apparently leaving for his or her journeys earlier and returning later.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Total, nonetheless, the numbers are nonetheless considerably decrease than final 12 months. In accordance with the TSA, on the Wednesday earlier than Thanksgiving in 2019, over 2.6 million vacationers have been screened at airports throughout the nation. This 12 months, simply over 1 million vacationers have been screened. It’s price noting that the Wednesday earlier than Thanksgiving was the busiest day for the TSA for the reason that outbreak started in March (Sunday was the second busiest).