Ron Schwane/APJohnny Manziel is seemingly getting better every game.
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“He’s been solid in the building over the last couple of weeks”, Cleveland coach Mike Pettine said earlier this week, when announcing that Manziel would draw the start in Week 14, “and we are hopeful he takes this opportunity to continue to build on the progress he’s made on the field throughout the season”. Manziel only had one glaring mistake, throwing an interception late in the first half that he followed up by bashing a tablet into his head.
From Coley Harvey’s story on the: “With their starting quarterback sidelined in one of the biggest games of their playoff chase, the Bengals’ worst fears came to fruition”. With that said, one win over a shoddy 49ers team hardly means he’s no longer a risk.
He was under constant pressure and took more than his share of hits as the Browns recorded the most sacks by any team in the league this season. But it was one bad play in an otherwise good game by Manziel, as the Browns won for the first time since October 11.
That said, the talk of Manziel potentially being Cleveland’s future at QB still needs to be drastically tempered.
The running back who replaced the Australian, Kendall Gaskins, suffered a concussion in the 49ers’ humiliating loss on Sunday (NZT Monday) to the Cleveland Browns. He had eight catches for 107 yards. Crowell’s previous career best was 88 rushing yards past year at Atlanta.
NaVorro Bowman did not expect Sunday’s non-conference matchup with the Cleveland Browns to unfold the way it did. Crowell rushed for a career-high 145 yards on 20 carries. San Francisco is 1-6 in away games this season. Karlos Dansby leads the Browns with 89 tackles, Armonty Bryant has 5.5 sacks and Tramon Williams has nine pass deflections.
Run offense: Shaun Draughn, two months after the Browns released him, gave them no reason to regret that move. He now has 51 receptions for 617 yards this season. His rating was 96.4.
Jim Tomsula begs to differ with left tackle Joe Staley and linebacker Ahmad Brooks that the San Francisco 49ers overlooked Cleveland in Sunday’s rock-bottom loss to the Browns.
Dial knifed between rookie first-round draft picks Cameron Erving, who was knocked on his back and Danny Shelton to record the block much the way the Baltimore Ravens did November 30 on their game-winning kick-six. He also ran three times for 24 yards.
After almost two full seasons in Cleveland, the Browns, and their fans, still don’t know if Manziel can play.
Anquan Boldin had two catches for 22 yards Sunday. He recovered a Jacksonville fumble in the end zone to join the fumble-return TD that he scored in the 2008 season. ESPN.com then reported Brian Hartline was officially lost for the season after breaking his collarbone. They have some good wide receivers and tight ends. We played poorly. There s not a man in the locker room that doesn t own part of this, starting with me. For a player seemingly on thin ice with the Browns, it was an incredibly important performance.
The Browns went three-and-out during their next possession, and 49ers wide receiver Bruce Ellington returned Andy Lee’s 51-yard punt 36 yards to the Browns’ 32.
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A veteran of countless games played in the bitter cold and a kicker who converted a pair of field goals, including a 48-yarder in an 8-0 win over the Buffalo Bills in the middle of a certified blizzard, Dawson was taken aback by the fact that a mid-December game in Cleveland was played in 63-degree conditions.
