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The Browns Will Release Johnny Manziel

Mr. Bungle : 2/2/2016 12:56 pm
In March.
End of an Era - ( New Window )
Poor  
UConn4523 : 2/2/2016 12:57 pm : link
guy...
wacked  
Simms : 2/2/2016 12:59 pm : link
Strange enough to ponder a part of his wacked plan to get to Dallass ?? He could have been king of the castle and he let it slip through his fingers.

what a fucking loser  
terz22 : 2/2/2016 12:59 pm : link
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They don't have to wait until March  
jlukes : 2/2/2016 12:59 pm : link
they will do it next week (maybe as early as monday)
and to think this is what happened on draft day  
Matt in SGS : 2/2/2016 1:00 pm : link
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“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on TV and Johnny and I are texting and he shoots me a text and he says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there. I want to wreck this league together.’

“When I got that text, I forwarded it to the owner and to the head coach [Mike Pettine]. I’m like ‘this guy wants to be here. He wants to be part of it.’ As soon as that happened, Mr. Haslam said, ‘pull the trigger. We’re trading up to go get this guy.”’


And you wonder why the Browns are the Browns.

Trade Nassib  
est1986 : 2/2/2016 1:02 pm : link
For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.
This guy will be in Dallas next week.  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 2/2/2016 1:02 pm : link
Johnny Football turning into a homeless man's Kenny Stabler in Dallas would be hilarious and good for the league. Jerry would give him so much rope, he's hang himself, Dez and Hardy in one swoop!
RE: and to think this is what happened on draft day  
Patrick77 : 2/2/2016 1:03 pm : link
In comment 12797755 Matt in SGS said:
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“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on TV and Johnny and I are texting and he shoots me a text and he says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there. I want to wreck this league together.’

“When I got that text, I forwarded it to the owner and to the head coach [Mike Pettine]. I’m like ‘this guy wants to be here. He wants to be part of it.’ As soon as that happened, Mr. Haslam said, ‘pull the trigger. We’re trading up to go get this guy.”’



And you wonder why the Browns are the Browns.


Solid decision making skills there.

Manziel texted you?
And he wants to be here?

Give him millions.
RE: Trade Nassib  
terz22 : 2/2/2016 1:03 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


Hell no! Don't want this clown anywhere near the giants.
Why are the Browns playing it this way?  
jcn56 : 2/2/2016 1:04 pm : link
Everyone knows Dallas wants him - he's a recent draftee, so he's got to be on a favorable rookie contract. They can keep him there on the bench to rot, or until Dallas is willing to fork over something, anything, to get him.
RE: Trade Nassib  
mattlawson : 2/2/2016 1:04 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


Um, no.
When a player  
joeinpa : 2/2/2016 1:05 pm : link
repeats the same mistakes, even though he understands the ramifications, it shows much more than poor judgment.

No way would I want the Giants to acquire this guy, can't believe anyone will. Don't think his talent warrants any more chances.
He hasn't taken ownership of his alcoholism.  
Big Blue '56 : 2/2/2016 1:05 pm : link
Until he does this will be his career "arc" regardless of where he lands imo

And no, it ain't worth kicking.  
MOOPS : 2/2/2016 1:06 pm : link




Good move by Cleveland!  
old man : 2/2/2016 1:06 pm : link
End of an Error.
Let it begin  
Greg from LI : 2/2/2016 1:06 pm : link
In a 15-year span,  
Mr. Bungle : 2/2/2016 1:11 pm : link
the Browns used (at least) a 1st-round pick on:
- Johnny Manziel
- Brandon Weeden
- Brady Quinn
- Tim Couch

That's basically rebooting the franchise quarterback search every three or four years, without getting a single thing out of any of them.

That seems kind of hard to do.
RE: Trade Nassib  
Victor in CT : 2/2/2016 1:11 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


Are you Manziel's drinking buddy?
Lord I hope Dallas trades for him  
njm : 2/2/2016 1:12 pm : link
Even a 7th rd. pick. We need Jerrah to waste as much of his resources as possible.
the only way the Giants  
Matt in SGS : 2/2/2016 1:12 pm : link
will be linked to Manziel is if they are trying to drive the price up on him so Dallas won't sign him for a song. They will want Jerruh to overpay for him. The Giants have zero interest in him otherwise.

Remember this stuff?

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If Manziel slides to them, the Giants would seriously consider drafting him, a person with knowledge of the team's draft philosophy told NJ.com. The person claims the Giants would have that discussion (and likely already have chatted about the possible scenario), despite having two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning on the roster.


The Giants were goading Jerruh to trade up and overpay and they nearly got him to draft him before his son stepped in and made the Zack Martin pick.


http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2014/05/johnny_manziel_the_key_to_the_giants_draft.html - ( New Window )
RE: In a 15-year span,  
Greg from LI : 2/2/2016 1:13 pm : link
In comment 12797776 Mr. Bungle said:
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the Browns used (at least) a 1st-round pick on:
- Johnny Manziel
- Brandon Weeden
- Brady Quinn
- Tim Couch

That's basically rebooting the franchise quarterback search every three or four years, without getting a single thing out of any of them.

That seems kind of hard to do.


They also signed Jeff Garcia to a fairly big contract in that period, too
Browns are just jealous  
widmerseyebrow : 2/2/2016 1:17 pm : link
Of all the strange he's getting.
RE: the only way the Giants  
giants#1 : 2/2/2016 1:19 pm : link
In comment 12797779 Matt in SGS said:
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will be linked to Manziel is if they are trying to drive the price up on him so Dallas won't sign him for a song. They will want Jerruh to overpay for him. The Giants have zero interest in him otherwise.

Remember this stuff?



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If Manziel slides to them, the Giants would seriously consider drafting him, a person with knowledge of the team's draft philosophy told NJ.com. The person claims the Giants would have that discussion (and likely already have chatted about the possible scenario), despite having two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning on the roster.



The Giants were goading Jerruh to trade up and overpay and they nearly got him to draft him before his son stepped in and made the Zack Martin pick.
http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2014/05/johnny_manziel_the_key_to_the_giants_draft.html - ( New Window )


The Giants won't be linked to him. With everything now known, they probably don't even care about driving up the price. Manziel has a substance abuse problem (at a minimum) and still hasn't even shown he can play in this league. Anything more than the minimum is an overpay.

RE: and to think this is what happened on draft day  
schabadoo : 2/2/2016 1:20 pm : link
In comment 12797755 Matt in SGS said:
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“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on TV and Johnny and I are texting and he shoots me a text and he says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there. I want to wreck this league together.’

“When I got that text, I forwarded it to the owner and to the head coach [Mike Pettine]. I’m like ‘this guy wants to be here. He wants to be part of it.’ As soon as that happened, Mr. Haslam said, ‘pull the trigger. We’re trading up to go get this guy.”’



And you wonder why the Browns are the Browns.


Knowing how bad they were at drafting, the Browns hired an outside company to consult on their first round pick. They told them to draft Bridgewater.

Spent $100k on that and ignored it.
Right move by the Browns  
bluepepper : 2/2/2016 1:24 pm : link
but down the road he could turn into something. For his sake, I hope he does. It's one thing to just not be good enough but to waste the opportunity and not even give yourself a chance is really sad.
Hah  
Sammo85 : 2/2/2016 1:30 pm : link
Derek Anderson was the Browns best QB in that period and it isn't saying much considering he had really only one good year and then imploded a year or two later.

In fact I recall Anderson and Braylon Edwards torching the Giants I think the year after he SB win.

Charlie Frye is another QB they had during that period that had a brief stretch of success in a few games one season but quickly faded.
this leaked  
Enzo : 2/2/2016 1:37 pm : link
report supposedly from the Pats from before the draft is full of great stuff
Link - ( New Window )
PLEASE BE A COWBOY  
David B. : 2/2/2016 1:39 pm : link
PLEASE BE A COWBOY PLEASE BE A COWBOY PLEASE BE A COWBOY
They couldn't even get a 7th round pick for him?  
GloryDayz : 2/2/2016 1:39 pm : link
Wow!!

I know everybody knows they don't want him, but I thought somebody would be willing to give up at least that to have rights to his contract.

The players union should go to bat for this kid.  
Tittle 9 20 64 : 2/2/2016 1:43 pm : link
It's not his fault. He was stricken by childhood affluenza.
RE: Trade Nassib  
Rory : 2/2/2016 1:59 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


umm how about No

If that Deadspin published scouting.....  
Crispino : 2/2/2016 2:03 pm : link
report is genuine, the Pats come off looking like their scout is Nostradamus. Dead on. Me guy with no maturity who doesn't take football seriously.
Not much left to say that hasnt already been brought up  
MetsAreBack : 2/2/2016 2:20 pm : link
in recent months here - the latest discussion ruined by Kulish.

Highly doubt the Cowboys bite. Certainly not before the draft. Jerry does put in the time and money to protect players like this - but the QB needs to be the leader of the team, this isnt a Corner or DE where paying a guard to tail him 24/7 is enough.

There are easier ways to develop a backup QB, and Romo should have another 4 years left in him anyway.
headed to Dallas  
BigBlueCane : 2/2/2016 3:07 pm : link
or Houston.
More like "end of an error"  
Blue21 : 2/2/2016 3:39 pm : link
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I'm shocked  
AP in Halfmoon : 2/2/2016 3:41 pm : link
I'll be even more shocked if he's signed right away. His agent is going to have to rehab him and work hard to get a vet minimum deal.
MAB  
giants#1 : 2/2/2016 3:42 pm : link
Romo will be 36 to start next season. Hard to see four more years from him, but maybe that's blue colored glasses. I think they'll be lucky to get two more years of top-level (similar to his 2014) production from him.
RE: MAB  
MetsAreBack : 2/2/2016 3:50 pm : link
In comment 12797916 giants#1 said:
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Romo will be 36 to start next season. Hard to see four more years from him, but maybe that's blue colored glasses. I think they'll be lucky to get two more years of top-level (similar to his 2014) production from him.


unless the non-throwing shoulder injury is chronic at this point, he should have 4 more years in him. He's shown no signs of decline in his play yet and he's (by virtue of injuries, starting later in his career than #10, and less playoff success lol) got a lot less tread on his tires than Eli to date. I'm not sure why to assume Eli plays later in life than Romo.

they do need to get themselves a better backup just in case of course, and I'm sure they will. Probably through the draft, but they may also pursue someone like Gabbert, Hoyer or McCown.

There's just too much risk in Manziel right now. He's an alcoholic and needs to beat that first. Football a distant second for him.
That guy  
Mike in Marin : 2/2/2016 3:52 pm : link
needs a wake up call and rehab.
The Patriots scout was spot on  
NNJ Tom : 2/2/2016 3:55 pm : link
But seriously, Helen Keller could see that train wreck coming.

But hey, he did move a lot of jerseys.
seeing as he's also had back issues  
giants#1 : 2/2/2016 3:56 pm : link
I'd be surprised if he stays completely healthy for 4 more seasons.

And we'll find out how the Cowboys feel in the draft. No way they take a QB in the top 2 rounds if they're confident Romo will play 4 more seasons at a high level. With little cap room, they need to reload on talent to make a SB run in Romo's window.
RE: Trade Nassib  
B in ALB : 2/2/2016 3:59 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


This is one of the worst suggestions I've ever read on this site in 16 years.
RE: RE: In a 15-year span,  
sb from NYT Forum : 2/2/2016 4:26 pm : link
In comment 12797780 Greg from LI said:
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In comment 12797776 Mr. Bungle said:


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the Browns used (at least) a 1st-round pick on:
- Johnny Manziel
- Brandon Weeden
- Brady Quinn
- Tim Couch

That's basically rebooting the franchise quarterback search every three or four years, without getting a single thing out of any of them.

That seems kind of hard to do.



They also signed Jeff Garcia to a fairly big contract in that period, too


And Derek Anderson.
Browns should try to give their 1st round investments  
David in LA : 2/2/2016 4:43 pm : link
more than 2 years. I thought Manziel flat out won the QB competition this summer. He was saying all the right things, performing well in preseason, looked way more focused. IMO, he was hitting the sauce again once he found out he lost the job. Obviously, not the mature way of handling things, but the Browns did their part in fucking this up too.
RE: Trade Nassib  
Dave in Hoboken : 2/2/2016 4:50 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


You're the worst.
Trade Nassib and replace with Manziel????  
mavric : 2/2/2016 5:23 pm : link
Why would we want to get rid of a super disciplined, cerebral, sober QB with a short drunken QB who is the NFL's version of Charlie Sheen??? What drugs are you on, cuz they must be strong...lol

Manziel had a chance to be an average to above average QB in the NFL if he applied himself 100% to the game, but he has traded that opportunity for partying with drunken kids and making a fool of himself in public. He will be a cancer to any team that signs him. Not Giants' material!
Browns  
stretch234 : 2/2/2016 6:05 pm : link
Couch actually could play. He got the shit kicked out of him. He was a rookie QB on the expansion Browns and took them to the playoffs before he got hurt. He was sacked almost 3 times per game
The Internet would explode  
JohnF : 2/2/2016 7:00 pm : link
if Rex went after him. The show in Buffalo would be awesome!
RE: Trade Nassib  
Giants2012 : 2/2/2016 7:09 pm : link
In comment 12797756 est1986 said:
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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.


Why in the world would the Browns trade for a backup QB which has proven nothing when they have the 2nd overall pick in the draft? Hello?
Chip Kelly in SF  
Giants2012 : 2/2/2016 7:10 pm : link
I bet is his landing place.
he can't stay out of trouble  
Les in TO : 2/2/2016 9:00 pm : link
and hasn't demonstrated the work ethic required to be a pro QB on a sustained basis. he will get a fresh start and another chance with one of the other 31 pro franchises, most likely in a backup role. but if he fudges that one up he's heading up here for some grey cup action!!!
RE: Chip Kelly in SF  
FStubbs : 2/2/2016 10:11 pm : link
In comment 12798131 Giants2012 said:
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I bet is his landing place.


Chip would be better off with the running QB he has in Kaepernick. If he gets rid of Kaepernick and picks up Manziel, then ...
RE: In a 15-year span,  
giantgiantfan : 2/3/2016 3:39 am : link
In comment 12797776 Mr. Bungle said:
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the Browns used (at least) a 1st-round pick on:
- Johnny Manziel
- Brandon Weeden
- Brady Quinn
- Tim Couch

That's basically rebooting the franchise quarterback search every three or four years, without getting a single thing out of any of them.

That seems kind of hard to do.


And think about all the QBs drafted in the second round or later who outperformed those guys:

Derek Carr
Russell Wilson
Brock Osweiler
Nick Foles
Kirk Cousins
Colin Kaepernick
Andy Dalton
Chad Henne
Kyle Orton
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Matt Schaub
David Garrard
Drew Brees
Marc Bulger
Tom Brady

There's some so-so names and some flash in the pans but many of those guys got their teams into the playoffs, some won superbowls, some will be in the hall of fame.

Mistake on the lake. The factory of sadness.
I'm actually hoping Cowboys DONT pick him up...  
GloryDayz : 2/3/2016 3:57 am : link
He's a nutcase no doubt, but he has talent. Still quite young, being cut may sober him up some, pun intended.
kerry collins  
Les in TO : 2/3/2016 9:48 am : link
came back from a battle with alcoholism and managed to have a very fine career (and we were the biggest beneficiaries).

so it's not impossible that he turns things around.

however, unlike Collins, manziel seems to be surrounded by bad apples and seems to find trouble. Collins also had a rocket for an arm and the height/build of a pro QB whereas johnny football's game is more suited for college or the cfl.
You don't want Dallas to take him  
George : 2/3/2016 12:42 pm : link
You want Dallas to pick a QB with the 4th pick in the 1st round - instead of Myles Jack, who I pray will still be there for us at 10.
RE: Poor  
djstat : 2/3/2016 1:42 pm : link
In comment 12797746 UConn4523 said:
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guy...
Did it to himself...no sympathy for this turd
RE: RE: Trade Nassib  
djstat : 2/3/2016 1:44 pm : link
In comment 12797777 Victor in CT said:
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In comment 12797756 est1986 said:


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For whatever you can get and sign Johnny. If anyone can teach a young QB to become a professional it's Eli Manning. Still think he's extremely talented.



Are you Manziel's drinking buddy?
Whar makes him talented? His lack of pocket awareness? His lack of ability to read through progressions...or because he won in college>?
RE: I'm actually hoping Cowboys DONT pick him up...  
djstat : 2/3/2016 1:46 pm : link
In comment 12798476 GloryDayz said:
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He's a nutcase no doubt, but he has talent. Still quite young, being cut may sober him up some, pun intended.
What talent? he was a good college QB
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