Giovanni Manu on getting drafted by the Detroit Lions, playing for Blake Nill at UBC and more
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- Опубликовано: 28 апр 2024
- UBC Thunderbird Offensive Lineman Giovanni Manu joined the guys to react to being selected in the 4th round by the Detroit Lions and the influence Blake Nill and Dan Dorazio have had on him.
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Manu reporting eligible
Quick flat pass, catch and run for the goal line.
WR screen to Sewell with Manu lead blocking lined up next to him.
Like a basketball player in the post
Hank Fraley is the line coach for the lions .. manu is about to be trained by the best in the nfl hes blessed to be going to the lions AS the lions have the best o line in the whole nfl
shut up
And he gets to intern with Sewell.
Talk about a perfect situation!!!
Welcome to Detroit
As a Lions Fan and a season ticket holder for Ford Field, Welcome home to Detroit and the Lions. looking forward to the season this year. GO LIONS!!!!
Great time to be a season ticket holder! Enjoy the Superbowl!
Welcome to The Pride Gio.
Once a Lion, ALWAYS a Lion brotha... 🦁
Study hard, practice even harder, when you get your opportunity on the field rely on your preparation, give max effort and the fanbase will embrace ya 4 life...
Good Luck big fella 🫡
Facts!
He wants to be the "most dominant and aggressive OL when he steps on the field"...then he is definitely going to the right team since he will be practicing and potentially playing next to, the most dominant and aggressive OL in the game, Penei Sewell (a guy he obviously has a few thing in common with!).
Detroit ❤ Giovanni. Let's get this and shock the World! We need you.
6'7"... 350... you cant coach size... he is a monster... welcome to Detroit Big Fella
And he runs a sub 5 second 40... can you imagine him pulling around and leading on some of these Ben Johnson running plays?
The BC BEAST!!! Welcome to the D!
Detroit is counting on big boy to turn into our LT of the future. I like the attitude he has so far because he has a lot of work to put in before he’s ready.
He's playing right guard for them he said tonight
Yeah he seems like a perfect fit for right guard. Then Mahogany on the left tackle one day and maybe Sorsdal at tackle or the other way around.
No. Hell nah. He'll play LT or LG. Why would mahogany play LG or even tackle. Mahogany is the clear starter after zietler at RG. And when decker retires sewell will go left tackle
@STREAMSONLY-vt6gx so you're saying the player is lying or the detroit lions lied to him? Please
@tralfaz1308 no dude think about it for a second. Why would they want him to play rg we just drafted mahogany. He plays exclusively rg. So why would Manu play there instead of mahogany
As a Detroit lion, i welcome both him and betts to our pride. Im a big hockey fan as well and living 10 minutes away from the boarder, us in detroit love canada. Nothin bad to say and i look forward to him next to Penei. One pride
Lions fan here, I love him already
Manu seems like a very nice young man.
bro we drafted DAWGS in this draft year, i love the background of each draft pick. Welcome to the D!
Welcome to DETROIT so glad to have you, ONE PRIDE GIOVANNI !!!
Great interview. Thank you.
Yup, watching a highlight reel of ray lewis will make anyone fall in love with the game
I was cool with this man coming to Detroit but man after getting to see and hear this guy has got me feeling all in glad to have you in Honolulu blue bit guy!!! 🎉
Welcome to Detroit Giovanni Manu happy to have you as a Lion and cant wait to see you play GO Lions 🏈
I hope they get to see you shine n Detroit young man ! 💪🏿
God bless you son, go get it. One Pride. Never give up brother
Awesome interview, hopefully we can get a follow up after the pre season.
Love that video of Giovanni’s family and supporters when he got the phone call.
Detroit loves BC boys, welcome to the pride Gio!! 💙🩶
Seize this opportunity, Gio! Welcome to Detroit!
Welcome to Detroit Rock City Giovanni. 💥💙
If he develops as a right guard for the lions, then holy smokes you aren’t getting past him or Sewell.
I think he is the future at RT when Sewell moves to LT.
I want to move him to RG
Lions told him he's moving to right guard next to Sewell
RG??? Thats interesting 🤔 Even if he starts there in his career I can still see him moving to RT once Decker is done and if Penei moves to LT. Keep in mind Mahogany is predominately a RG, and may have a physical limitation to only playing there.
@LionsOnTheHunt313 never know the future and how he develops in all honesty. He could very well replace Decker down the road. He just said tonight Lions were pretty concise that he was going to right guard, even after he said he prefers the left side. Diffently a 2 year project moving him to a side he's never played on. Can you imagine if he becomes a solid starter. He and Sewell down hill on a lb/db. Road graders!!!
Heard an interesting note, tonight, don't know the truth to it, but the 6th round guard we drafted fell in the draft due to 1 leg being shorter than the other.
@@tralfaz1308 right, for starters. I think the long term plan is for him to be a right tackle. You don't spend a third round pick on a guy who needs to be developed just to be a guard...
Good luck this season Manu. We out here tokoua. #OnePride
Welcome to Detroit Young Man. Looking forward to seeing you be part of One Pride!
Penei turned out so well, if Manu turns out to follow him and plays next to him just mauling dudes? That would be the coolest story in the NFL
Sure bet Penei will take Manu under his wing, given the their both Polynesian. Manu has the potential to be Jordan Mailata n if that happens, good look to the rest of NFC North.
Well spoken dude. Looks he needs a lot of technical work, but high upside. Let's go Gio!
Good stuff today guys we got to keep that offensive line strong Go Lions
As a Lions fan I’m very happy we drafted you. You’re going to love Detroit and the Lions. We have the best fans in the world. You’re going to love Dan Cambell and Brad Holmes and the rest of the coaching staff. Who better to learn from than Penei Sewell and Taylor Decker. CONGRATS!
Welcome to the "D"! Brad makes moves on players under the radar...and he don't miss!
Welcome to the Pride, young man. Kick butt in training camp!
Welcome to Detroit. We are a very passionate and loyal football city. GO LIONS 🦁
Welcome to Detroit Gio!! You are right, next to Penei you guys could be the best in the NFL and an absolute menace to opposing D lines!!
GO LIONS!
What an impressive young man. I wanted the lions to take him in the worst way, I was thrilled when we traded up to get him.
You get him on that starting O Line with Penei and we’ll be the Polynesian Pride. That has a nice ring to it 🇦🇸✊🏾🇹🇴
Great pick Brad Lion for years
Manu Manu The slender, gives me necessary roughness vibes
Mr. Goff follow me and he won't touch you!
My gut reaction after the draft was that I LOVED the Mahogany pick and I was pretty skeptical of the Manu pick. It was simply because I had done deep dives into about 220 prospects this year and Mahogany was my 76th ranked prospect while Manu wasn't even on my radar, so trading so much to get him in the 4th was pretty wild to me. But now that I've looked into him and become more familiar, I think the Lions did fantastic with both picks, even if I think they could have maybe waited a little on Manu and got him a little cheaper.
He's a high variance prospect who needs time, but the upside is legitimately All-Pro caliber. While I think Mahogany is the safer, lower upside prospect who I think could step in right away and has a really good chance to be a solid starter for years, but probably doesn't have the potential to be one of the best guards in the league. Given how good the O-line already is, I love the process of taking two O-linemen with profiles like that... one to help our immediate depth and raise our floor, and one to help our future and raise our ceiling.
I love this pick, but its a pretty wild idea to have a 6'8" dude who can move like that to guard. I hope they at least cross train him a bit at tackle, because he could legit be a Decker replacement in the future if he develops. However, if he can make it work at guard then that right side of the line might be the scariest the NFL has ever seen lol. We need to start thinking up potential nicknames for it... the Polynesian Pile Drivers, the South Pacific Smashers, or something like that haha.
😂💯💯💯 The Polynesian hammers for the win
We appreciate effort Giovanni! Go to work and this city will chant your name!
Awesome
Let’s goooo! 🦁
I love the guy already..go lions
Penei Sewell def gonna pay the bill to get his parents to a game this preseason with that big new contract he's got.
I think the average of $815,000 per year that a 4th rounder makes is enough for a couple plane tickets and a hotel, lol.
The Arnold pick and this pick. Arnold reminds me of Deion Sanders. This kid on the highlights looks to have raw talent. He's huge. Brad Holmes could be a genius.
GIO 🖊️ A Protege' 🦁⚒️💙
Welcome to Detroit!! #ONEPRIDE
Yeah, that first game last year vs KC, Sewell and Vatai looked great next to each other. Hal’s back couldn’t last anymore and he was back on IR then out of the league. I think Detroit envisions that same duo on the right. He’s gonna have to learn to move his feet better and pick up loose change better being a guard. Will take a lot of reps.
Bobby Singh, Jim Mills and now Giovanni Manu
Go do us proud in Detroit and win a job
Imagine going jumbo with this guy next to Sewell and Mahogany behind them
Should the NFL allow team rosters to increase by 5 to 10 to improve quality of NFL play?
Welcome to new home
RG??? Thats interesting 🤔 Even if he starts there in his career I can still see him moving to RT once Decker is done and if Penei moves to LT. Keep in mind Mahogany is predominately a RG, and may have a physical limitation to only playing there.
Welcome to the Pride Big Man . We need you and embrace you...Now close the doors so he stays....
DETROIT vs EVERYBODY
Make him a DT !!
We got another lions guy for sur!
Clean cut down to earth no prima Donna here .
He looks like a player that plays Smash Mouth football he looks tough just looking at him Go Lions let's bust some heads
You gotta know Penai Sewell will take the kid under his wing. He's gonna be a monster.
Welcome to Detroit big man! Listen up to coach Frehly and Sewell.
He would be a really tall guard but would be really good at pulling and destroying players on the run
Welcome to the Lion Diet brother!!!!
Manu = Mr Titanic. Go Lions