It is an obstacle.’ Part of success in athletics is dealing in adversity.
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Pettine added that they did give Manziel a warning about engaging in off-field activities before their bye week. “We do have a much better sense than we did a year ago”. I think from a pure quarterbacking play standpoint the arrow is up.
The video showed Manziel singing in a nightclub and holding what appeared to be champagne bottle. “That trust was violated.”. Manziel on November 23 told his coaches the video was old and on the next day admitted it was from last week.
“I think that was made reasonably clear to him”, Pettine replied.
“Of course, Manziel”s partying is a concern because of his history.
He spent 10 weeks in a treatment facility during the offseason for undisclosed reasons and last month was questioned by police after witnesses reported him driving dangerously and getting physical in an altercation with girlfriend. “There”s no personal rift between he and I. “Like I said, I have nothing more to add”. The Ravens have dealt with a ton of key players going down for the season, including running back Justin Forsett (broken arm), quarterback Joe Flacco (torn ACL) and receiver Steve Smith (torn Achilles), not to mention outside linebacker Terrell Suggs (torn Achilles). I did get a chance to relax. “It is very private.”.
Quick hitters: Pettine said that left guard Joel Bitonio (ankle) returned for some light individual work on Friday. “Austin Davis right now is our two”. That is why Johnny Manziel has been demoted all the way to number three. I won’t speak behind that right now. “After you go and do a few things, just see if you can play four quarters”.
The Baltimore Ravens will attempt to slow Cleveland QB Josh McCown in Week 12, who threw for 457 yards when the two teams met in Week 5.
“You never want to regain a job this way,” McCown said Wednesday.
Ultimately, Favre could be the best guy to get through to Manziel.
Manziels demotion will make it hard for the Browns to assess Manziels future, but Pettine said that had no bearing on his decision. “I informed the quarterbacks of that decision after I sat down and spoke with Johnny, [John DeFilippo], and [Kevin O’Connell] after practice today”. “Making it worse, he called the people involved [with the video] and said ‘Hey, cover this up for me, make sure that they think it’s old'”. I don’t know if there really needs to be any statement from them. “Hopefully, we can put this behind him and he can get it together and consistently become the leader and the player we expect him to be”.
“He doesn’t run from challenges”. We’re going in with a no holds barred mentality. “When you have a great opportunity in front of you, it is important that you demonstrate that you can handle the responsibility that comes with it”, Pettine said.
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But DeFilippo said he was disappointed in Manziel’s actions. The Browns is set to play against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. Looks like we’ll have to wait till Week 1 of 2016 to see Manziel back on the field-with a new coach who doesn’t hate his guts.
