Johnny Manziel is trying to stay in the NFL, and he thinks he has found a roommate who could help.
“I’m living out here with my guy, Von Miller. Everybody knows Von Miller. Super Bowl MVP, Von Miller, my brother. I’m living with him right now,” Manziel told TMZ on Saturday night. “We’re getting our lives together, bro.”
Manziel was in West Hollywood when he revealed his arrangement with Miller, who has been an advocate for Manziel.
The Broncos need a quarterback, and Miller thinks Manziel might be the answer.
“If I had to make my decision on it, he would already be on the Broncos,” Miller said Friday at an event at Texas A&M. “But we’ve got guys in the front office that make those decisions, and they put us in championships with those decisions. So I’m just going to follow those guys and have those guys take the lead.”
It was reported last week that the Broncos do not plan to sign Manziel, even though head coach Gary Kubiak, a Texas A&M alumnus, spoke with him last month about the quarterback’s future.
In the TMZ interview, Manziel said, “So, the Broncos. John Elway, great dude. Kubiak? Aggie, my man. Great organization. Anywhere I get picked up, bro, is a blessing. … I want to play. That’s the team I want to go to.”
When asked about his image, Manziel, who said he has been out in West Hollywood five or six nights in a row, added, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with partying, bro. There’s a difference between partying and being out of control.”
Miller, the MVP of Super Bowl 50, told MyAggieNation.com that he is willing to facilitate a reunion with Manziel, who was released last month by the Cleveland Browns.
The Broncos currently have just two quarterbacks on their roster — Mark Sanchez and 2015 seventh-round pick Trevor Siemian.
Denver has explored a deal for San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick but the sides have been unable to agree on his future contract. Kaepernick rejected taking a pay cut that would have made the trade possible and the 49ers nixed the idea of paying off part of his $11.9 million guaranteed salary for the 2016 season.
Miller has been showing his support of Manziel this offseason.
“I don’t think Johnny Football’s days are over in the National Football League,” Miller said during an ESPN Radio interview in February. “If you write him off, you’re wrong. They wrote me off two years ago and look at me, where I’m at today. … I just want him to know I’m supporting him no matter what.”