He has the distinction of being the Browns’ winningest coach over the last seven years, even though he was only 10-22 over his two seasons on the job. The latest Cleveland quarterback carousel started after Manziel reportedly lied to Pettine about social media photos and videos that popped up after the team’s bye weekend. Is it continuing? You do as much research as you can, he said.
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With four games left, the Browns (2-10) are giving Manziel another chance.
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“If you try to improvise, he’ll improvise”, Acker said.
“You see the reputation, what was out there”.
Manziel has been a magnet for attention, and criticism.
– Manziel said he was “forced to learn a hard lesson” by being benched for Monday Night Football and last week against the Bengals. “And the only way he’s going to get that response is after falling back in it and saying, ‘Wow, this ain’t me'”. “I am definitely not taking it lightly, that’s for sure”.
“Obviously, there’s a way to conduct yourself that 31 other guys in the league do each and every week”, he said, referring to the other starting quarterbacks. “I think you can get the best of both worlds with those types of quarterbacks if you train them to take what’s there and they do it and then when the play breaks down to go ahead and improvise”.
When asked about having the starting spot, he said “I have to take pride in that and act accordingly”.
Blaine Gabbert, his 49ers counterpart, understands what Manziel has faced. The Bears placed Bennett on injured reserve, ending his third season in Chicago and ninth in the NFL.
“It was pretty embarrassing that we were one team at home and when we went on the road, we were nearly a completely different team”, Jerod-Eddie said.
Pettine said that the team wants to give Manziel the opportunity to build on the improvements he’s made on the field. In doing so, they will take on two former members of the 49ers organization: safety Donte Whitner, who played for the 49ers from 2011 through 2013, and long-time 49ers punter Andy Lee, who was traded to the Browns this past offseason for a seventh round pick.
The Browns have reacted by trying to bring some calm to Manziel’s off-the-field issues and to the way he plays quarterback. He can make it a backyard ball.
Manziel could fill any number of roles in San Francisco. His stats are somewhat comparable Gabbert, who is 2-2 as a starter.
On the season, Manziel has completed 76 of his 128 throws for 933 yards and five touchdowns against two interceptions. Gabbert passing: 80-of-127, 963 yards, 5 TD, 3 INT, 89.5 rating. Gabbert rushing: 19 attempts, 140 yards, 7.4 avg., 1 TD. “I wouldn’t say it adds to the challenge. Whether the odds are against us, whether we are favored or whether we are huge (underdogs) or whatever the case may be, we need to win some of these games”. Perhaps the right quarterback, the right coach, the right leader, at the right time, could finally chart a new course, and prove that the team is not forever doomed to repeat its own tortured history. It can be easy to get caught up in all the glamour when you have National Basketball Association star LeBron James and rapper Drake watching your games from the sidelines.
Gabbert is signed through 2016, at a base salary of $1.75 million. I’m sure there are a lot that want to continue to produce. “We talked about it as a group and said to each other that we were going to do something about it. I don’t have any doubts about those guys coming in and playing hard”. “If you study any program they will tell you that they make room for relapse within the program because in the relapse is where you really get the education to, ‘Hey, this is no the same for me, ‘” Irvin explained.
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– Left tackle Joe Staley did not practice because of a nagging knee injury.
