On Tuesday Pettine said he had seen the video and spoken to Manziel, who spent 70 days during the offseason in a rehab facility specializing in treatment for alcohol and drug addiction, Cleveland.com reported.
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“We traded for a guy when I first got to Green Bay that Atlanta said was a little bit of a hell raiser and it turned out OK for us”, Gruden said of Brett Favre. Shortly afterwards the Browns demoted Manziel to the third string.
But now that the rest of the story has become clear, it’s much more understandable as to why the Browns are sending Johnny to the sideline with his tail behind his legs.
National Football League news and rumors are popping up all the time and here is the latest on Johnny Manziel, Danny Amendola and Kyle Williams. He had promised not to bring any embarrassment to the team during its week off, and did just that and Pettine, who has been supportive of Manziel in the past, has had enough.
“…It’s up to Johnny, really”. This is where we had an obvious short coming. With Austin Davis passing Manziel on the depth chart, it nearly assures Manziel will not be playing this week, unless both McCown and Haslam get hurt. if the Browns sit Manziel. I’m not going to hold anything back.
“We tell our players you lose trust in buckets and you regain it in drops,” Pettine said, “and I think that certainly applies here.”. It was that game, his work ethic in Berea for the last six months and his practice sessions that led Pettine to make Manziel the starter. I’ll let coach Pettine dig into the justification, but I think it’s probably more than just what you see on the surface from a TMZ report or whatever report. The former first-round pick also admitted to Pettine that he engaged in off-field activities in Austin on Thursday and Friday. “It was right on the heels of discussions that not just I had with him but (quarterbacks coach) Kevin O’Connell and (offensive coordinator John DeFilippo) Flip and just that that trust was violated”.
As for the trends, we have the Baltimore sitting at 1-7-2 against the spread over its last 10 games, while Cleveland is 0-4-1 ATS in its previous five contests.
Johnny Manziel’s demotion might include him not dressing for the game.
Browns coach Mike Pettine insisted Wednesday he has knocked Johnny Manziel down but not out of Cleveland.
When Manziel has been on the field, there has been noticeable improvement from a rookie season full of struggles in 2014. This time, though, the Browns weren’t so willing to excuse Manziel’s conduct.
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He said: ‘You know there’s all kinds of people that come out, . He called it disappointing and said it was concerning when a player has a “repeated pattern of behavior” like Manziel. The last time McCown faced the Ravens’ defense, he set multiple franchise records in a performance that saw him throw for 457 yards – almost 300 of which coming in the second half and overtime – in Cleveland’s 33-30, Week 5 victory in Baltimore.
