The former Cleveland Browns first-round draft pick had a nightmarish performance in his first start for the Montreal Alouettes, throwing four first-half interceptions in a 50-11 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
"I felt I just made some uncharacteristic plays today and you know, this game is humbling," Manziel said afterward. "This is a humbling experience. I've had this experience in the past before, and there's two ways you either go about this moving forward. One, you can let this get you down and sulk.. and harm you moving forward. The other way is to just take this on the chin like a man and never allow this taste to creep back in your mouth again and never let this happen again."