Bengals studied tape of LSU game to prepare for Manziel

I know there was a thread about this being mentioned on the NBC pre-game show on Sunday night, and now the same story has appeared in an ESPN.com article.

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With little NFL film on Manziel -- he appeared in the preseason and had only played 17 snaps before Sunday's start -- Guenther had few places to turn when trying to establish his game plan. His best prep work, though, took him to Manziel's college days. Specifically, the coach watched Manziel's losses to LSU and Missouri near the end of his final season at Texas A&M. His college career ended with two losses in three games. "Those were his worst two games in college," Guenther said. "You could see obviously what their plan was -- to keep him in the pocket or to move him to a side where he wasn't throwing." To Guenther, that meant preventing Manziel from going to his left. He wanted his defenders to force him to roll right, a practice Manziel showcased often Sunday. "I showed the players that [film] throughout the week, particularly Saturday night," Guenther said.

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This post was edited on 12/15/14 at 9:09 pm