ARLINGTON, Texas -- In case you somehow haven’t heard, Jerry Jones really wanted the Dallas Cowboys to draft Johnny Manziel. The subject came up again in Don Van Natta Jr.’s lengthy profile of Jones on ESPN.com, which included Jones hissing about being “so damn mad” that he was talked out of drafting Manziel when the Cowboys went on the clock with the 16th overall pick. Jones recalled telling son Stephen, the team’s director of player personnel and one of several voices who strongly opposed picking Manziel, that “we laid up” by picking Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin.
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