But asking for a comp also reveals his identity. I don't buy it.
It was the night before the last game, and he missed a mandatory concussion check up the next morning. I'd say that's news.
Season wasn't over yet.
That's pretty flimsy, if you ask me. There are far better ways to force your way out of town that don't involve completely demolishing what little credibility you have left. And then compounding the problem by missing the mandatory concussion check? I imagine the league might have something to say about that (insert Roger Goodell joke here).
Cause not that long ago he checked himself into rehab?
RT Ohio @RT_Ohio 
To be fair, that's dated November, so totally unrelated to the concussion protocol. That is still an insane stack of ones, though.If true.. ManZoo is really a mess (Sorry, I cant figure out how to embed a vine)
Reportedly this is the voicemail Johnny left TMZ https://vine.co/v/izTFg2Ep695
10:31 AM - 5 Jan 2016
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I would be curious to hear what you think his other options are to force his way out? Avoid the offseason program? Hold out at camp? How does any of that put leverage on ownership? Cleveland has just cleaned house in the coaching and front office areas. Johnny demonstrating that he will continue to be a headline risk going forward is his best play to get Cleveland to rid themselves of this headache and start fresh with the new regime.
I hear choking your coach is a surefire way to get out of your contract and still, somehow, remain a viable player in the league.
That's my guess as well. Either he's a pretty serious addict or he's such a fuckface that he's letting down everbody in his life while giving up the opportunity to have one of the greatest jobs in the world* doing something he appears to love and has spent most of his life building towards.
He may be an addict. He may also be a victim of Todd Marinovich syndrome, rebelling against the carefully laid plans his parents have for him. (Although it's worth noting that Marinovich's acting out evolved from rebellion into full-blown addiction over the course of a few years.)
People say this and it doesn't align with the reality that he was always one of the least accurate players on Tour. Both off the tee and in general. He didn't hit fairways and missed a lot of greens even before his personal life started proving to be an issue. After Tiger Woods arrived and overpowered the Tour people looked at Daly's distance, decent putter and two major wins, and just assumed it was personal problems that kept him from being an all-time great. The fact that he was one of the worst ball-strikers out there surely was the biggest thing holding him back.
Not to take this too far afield--oh, OK, I am--but Daly's problems date to the early 90's, well before Butch Harmon canned him and the public began to realize he had "a problem." No telling what his ball-striking might have looked like with a little more focus, and while winning one major doesn't mean you're capable of two, winning two almost certainly means you're capable of 3+.
It is worth noting that he has yet to trigger the public phase of the substance abuse policy and it is possible he's never flunked one drug test.
Well if booze is his demon, the NFl wouldn't be testing that unless he was popped for a DUI that I don't recall.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14678168/police-called-investigate-incident-involving-cleveland-browns-quarterback-johnny-manziel
