The Browns are the leader in Dicks Sports Goods’ jersey sales this off-season, and they have outsold the Super Bowl-champion New England Patriots four to one, according to the company. “He was into it”, head coach Mike Pettine said of McCown.
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“The times when he is frustrated are when he wants something to be right and it’s not done right”, Pettine said. “We will be fine”. “He means a lot to this team” (see full recap). He went 5 for 5 for 33 yards and a touchdown.
He went 7 of 11 for 42 yards, plus that 12-yard rushing TD.
Most of the passes by McCown and Manziel were short. His first pass looked like a lateral, but was ruled an incompletion.
Earlier, the quarterback promised that when he returns from a 10-week rehabilitation session, his patented signal as a rookie will be completely out of his system. Both players were desperately trying to prove they could be Cleveland’s starter.
ESPN detailed that instead of making his celebratory “money sign”, Manziel clenched his fist then greeted his teammates. Unless Manziel starts to use the middle of the field, he’s going to be nothing more than a dink and dunk game-manager. “We did some things that we can be happy about”.
In case you missed it, Phil Taylor was listed as the starter at nose tackle on the Browns depth chart, but first-round pick Danny Shelton started the game. Scored, what, 17 points. It was the first one and we have got a lot of ground to build on from here. With veteran DeSean Jackson sidelined by a shoulder injury, the second-year wide receiver caught all three balls thrown his way.
Defensively, Washington looked aggressive, even without its top two pass-rushers, Ryan Kerrigan and Junior Galette. Gilbert also was beat for two 9-yard receptions.
Cousins completed 12 of 14 passes for 154 yards playing against the Browns backups. Recently though there has been chatter that the young back isn’t doing enough to progress. RG3 did just that, as he was able to find time in the pocket and hit his receivers downfield, despite a ton of pressure from the Browns’ defense.
Maybe! He had a good night of preseason play on Thursday. “It was a nice night”. And it was. But on the scoring drive, he was handed great field possession after Marlon Moore forced punt returner Andre Roberts’ fumble and Johnson Bademosi recovered at the Washington 36.
Coaches aren’t happy that he isn’t more intense about winning the starting job.
Kicker Carey Spear made his first PAT, had a touchback on 2 kickoffs and a 47-yard field goal that gave the Browns a 17-13 advantage.
Rookie defensive lineman Xavier Cooper had a sack of Cousins. With freak athlete curiosity Terrelle Pryor sidelined with a hamstring injury, the next-best Browns points of interest on this night may be the unveiling of the second phase of renovations to FirstEnergy Stadium and the debut of the team’s new uniforms, with as many as nine jersey and pant combinations. They lost running back Silas Redd Jr.to a knee injury in the third quarter.
Safety Akeem Davis sealed the victory with about three minutes left in the game by picking off Browns quarterback Thad Lewis, despite having a cast on his hand because of recent thumb surgery.
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The Browns decided to hold all pro left tackle Joe Thomas out of the game following his leg injury suffered on Monday. “A huge loss for us”, Gruden said. The running backs and receivers for the Redskins is talented but have to be given the opportunity to make plays for the team through Griffin.
