Pettine acknowledged the decision will hurt the organization’s ability to evaluate Manziel on the field over the final six games.
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‘I can’t stand here and say it’s not – whatever word we want to use – disappointing, frustrating. This is where we had an obvious short coming.
As announced by the Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine Tuesday, it is time for Johnny Manziel to head back to the bench as his role as the starting quarterback will proceed to Josh McCown.
Josh McCown will start for the Browns Monday night against Baltimore. The Browns is set to play against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night.
Obviously, the Browns would love to get some sort of compensation from a quarterback-needy team in return for Manziel. “This is a heavy dose of adversity”. As I said yesterday, everyone in this organizations wants what is best for Johnny Manziel.
“I told him this isn’t a dead end”, Pettine said Wednesday of Manziel. This is a hurdle..
Pettine said he had watched the video in which Manziel holds a large bottle while singing and dancing at a nightclub in Austin, Texas. This came just days after he was named starter and after he had talked with Pettine, offensive coordinator John DeFilippo and quarterbacks coach Kevin O’Connell about the team’s expectations for him in his new role. “To say Johnny won’t play again this season, I’m not going to say that”.
“I certainly hope not”. “He’s made great progress and there was no better proof than last Sunday against Pittsburgh”. Sometimes, you have to take one step backward to go four or five steps forward.
Manziel will not only move back behind McCown, but he’ll also be below Austin Davis on the depth chart.
Manziel’s swift downfall came shortly after he was elevated to starter for the remainder of this season.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel will be relegated to third-string the rest of the season.
The young signal caller has had a number of off-field issues this year after spending 10 weeks during the offseason in a rehab treatment facility.
Crowley later apologized and said the entire thing had been blown out of proportion. How does it get handled? We think he’s been doing a great job all season. We will see how he handles it. I’ve spoken to (general manager) Ray (Farmer) and (owner) Jimmy (Haslam) to inform them of my decision, and they are in full support.
“I think it”s important that if you have rules and guidelines and people tell you something, that you have follow through,” Thomas said. He won the starting job after amassing a career-high 372 yards in a loss to the Steelers on November 15. “That’s hard to swallow, for sure”, McCown said.
“Just by knowing the person, ” he said. Were in this thing together..
Pettine said on Friday he already had explained his thinking behind making Manziel the team’s third quarterback, and didn’t wish to discuss it further.
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This was too important, he said. I guess I can’t really talk about that, but it’s not like we’re ready to shut the door on Johnny.
