During the second quarter of the 49ers’ 24-10 loss to the lowly Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Ellington conjured up his longest punt return of the season for 36 yards.
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Fox NFL Sunday’s Bradshaw on the strong performance of ex-Cleveland Browns QB Brian Hoyer, now with the Houston Texans: “Everybody that leaves Cleveland at the quarterback position plays well”.
Johnny Manziel rebounded from an interception and a subsequent sideline outburst late in the first half to help the Browns snap a seven-game losing streak Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. Johnny Manziel completed 21 of 31 passes for 270 yards and one touchdown against one interception. Coach Mike Pettine said he had no problem with Manziel’s reaction to the interception, saying “when it is towards himself over frustration of doing something boneheaded, I have no problem with it”.
San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Corey Lemonier (96) grabs the face mask of Cleveland Browns q … “He did a lot more good than he did bad. To go out and execute a game plan and win a football game – people asked me what did I expect from him – we expected him to do his job and for most of the game he did”. The quarterback’s passes were on the money most of the game, however, throwing a touchdown pass in the third quarter to Tight End Gary Barnidge in the third quarter.
Unfortunately for Bradshaw, he picked Week 14 to ringingly declare he was “done” with Manziel, the former Heisman Trophy victor from Texas A&M.
If the pros and cons for that were figurative angels and devils on my shoulder, the devils’ side feels it’s lugging the 40-pound souvenir-laden computer bag I brought back from Kansas City.
Isaiah Crowell set career-high numbers on the day with 20 carries for 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
“We know (Manziel) is agile in the pocket”, 49ers Ahmad Brooks said. San Francisco’s offense had just 48 total yards at halftime and overall surrendered nine sacks of quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
Gabbert credited the Browns’ defensive game plan and across-the-board effort for the 49ers yielding a franchise record for sacks in a single game.
Hartline will miss the rest of this season and enter the final year of his two-year deal with the Browns with a chip on his shoulder, which could do wonders for Cleveland next season if Manziel maintains the same type of focus he showed Sunday. Paying eight million a year, for 24 catches through 14 games is unacceptable. “Guys respect that. They can tell when he talks that he’s getting into that information when he’s out of the building and it carries over onto the practice field”.
From David Newton’s story on the to get to 13-0: “Few would have called the Carolina Panthers an offensive juggernaut in August, particularly after wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin suffered a season-ending knee injury in training camp”.
Oh, Phil Dawson made a 44-yard field goal kick, his lone attempt of the day.
After the game, Manziel seemed to acknowledge that he’s trying to improve upon his limited experience, telling reporters (via Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot), “I’ve only gotten to play six or seven games. Maybe he was speaking from a personal note, I don’t know, but that was something that was addressed all week”, Tomsula said Monday. In all the Browns rushed the ball 74 yards in the drive that ended with Crowell slicing into the end zone over right guard from the 1.
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Hartline broke his collarbone against San Francisco after a four-game stretch where he caught 30 passes for 341 yards with a merry-go-round at quarterback. “They were breaking tackles and our guys ran hard”. “It was good to see”. One has to be happy for the select players on this team who have given their best week-in-and-week-out to get a win.
