The team had some quarterback issues, among them star Johnny Manziel, who was out with a concussion and reportedly gambling in Las Vegas over the weekend.
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Peter John Baptiste, the team’s vice president of communications, would not confirm is Manziel was in Cleveland or if he had still been required to attend Sunday’s game, which saw the Browns lose 28-12.
“Mike is the epitome of what we want the Browns to be: tough, aggressive and innovative with a blue-collar, team-first mentality”, Haslam said when he appointed Pettine almost two years ago. The 2015 National Football League season ended for Johnny Manziel, 23, and the Cleveland Browns with yet another loss.
Haslam didn’t comment further on Manziel’s current status with the team, and said his future will be left up to new football czar Sashi Brown, as well as the Browns’ new head coach and general manger.
Pettine, asked in his final postgame news conference if Manziel had been in Las Vegas, said: “I don’t know”.
After the report became public, Manziel posted a photo of himself and his dog to his Instagram account, then sent out the photo on Twitter with the hash tag #Saturdaynights.
Other people in Las Vegas also reported seeing Manziel, according to Larry Brown Sports. “We do expect a lot out of our players on and off the field, and I’ll just leave it at that”.
Farmer, too, was suspended for the first four games this season for texting to the sideline during 2014 games.
“If that’s a true report that’s obvious for him some things are more important than football and being a starting quarterback and that’s something that probably needs to be addressed in the offseason”, Thomas said.
Jimmy Haslam said it’s been a process for him as a new owner. Our record is that we have won three of our last 21 games. According to 43-year-old John Hornacek, a patron at the casino, he witnessed an exchange between Manziel and a casino employee when his ID was checked at a blackjack table, according to USA Today.
“I’m not personally anxious about him”.
Andrew Luck is inactive for the ninth straight game because of a lacerated kidney and partially torn abdominal muscle, backup Matt Hasselbeck is inactive with an injured throwing shoulder and third-stringer Charlie Whitehurst was put on injured reserve Monday with a hamstring injury. Pettine benched Manziel for the Monday Night Football game against the Baltimore Ravens just seven days after naming the second-year signal-caller the starter for the remainder of the season.
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Some players said Haslam tried to reassure them this morning they’re going to try and make it a positive outcome.
