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  • We'll know a lot more after three games, not one.

    Can't throw him under the bus yet.

  • this could be the moment where these 2 came together for the first time. An enlightening, if you will.

    JFF realizing it aint as easy as it looks and Hoyer realizing he could still be the best QB here. Then laughing because they both gonna be rich no matter how they play.

    And shanny looks sour because he's realizing he needs a QB.

  • Manziel's a hero, he's courageous, all-around team player.

    Hoyer's all about himself, cancer in the locker room, blaming his teammates.

    Whatever, the pissing on Hoyer's press conferences was only because people wanted to see Manziel...nothing else. Against ATL he only blamed himself, after that he got pulled and got asked questions in a manner to defend his position.

    We've clearly seen the "Hoyer doesn't talk to Manziel", "Hoyer about to be cut", "Teammates don't like Hoyer", "Hoyer kills children" stuff, and we've clearly seen how much BS it is.

    I understand benching Hoyer, but I don't understand why Cleveland wanted to trash and slander the only QB since 99' to have a winning record.

  • I believe they were laughing about how Shanny thought the pistol offense would work lol

  • I thought Manziel was being very honest - in the game, he hesitated, and screwed up.

    I met a Bengal fan at the Dallas airport last night - I congratulated him for a great payback,

    even though I only like paybacks when it's the Browns doing the paybacking...

    He was a classy guy - said the Browns humiliated Dalton and the Bengals at home, and

    it was the Bengals' turn - and the Browns have injuries etc. Said the Browns were getting

    very close, though, to being a power in the division - which will be great next year when they

    fill in a few more pieces, because they hate the Steelers.

    I just think that Hawkins was the distracting factor, and let the team down in their focus.

    And the Bengals were sky high with emotion - the Browns, not so much. and...

    Hoyer would have played a lot better, but the Browns would still have lost.

  • I thought Manziel was being very honest - in the game, he hesitated, and screwed up.

    I met a Bengal fan at the Dallas airport last night - I congratulated him for a great payback,

    even though I only like paybacks when it's the Browns doing the paybacking...

    He was a classy guy - said the Browns humiliated Dalton and the Bengals at home, and

    it was the Bengals' turn - and the Browns have injuries etc. Said the Browns were getting

    very close, though, to being a power in the division - which will be great next year when they

    fill in a few more pieces, because they hate the Steelers.

    I just think that Hawkins was the distracting factor, and let the team down in their focus.

    And the Bengals were sky high with emotion - the Browns, not so much. and...

    Hoyer would have played a lot better, but the Browns would still have lost.

    @calfoxwc said:

    I just think that Hawkins was the distracting factor, and let the team down in their focus.

    Based on what Im reading, it was Hawkins t shirt and the coin toss.

    Both cost us dearly and pretty much wasted an otherwise tremendous effort.

  • Otto Graham and Joe Theismann both used to play QBs and return punts. JFF would do no worse at the job than who we have doing it now.

  • All I heard all week was that Shanny would call plays to Johnny's strengths. Well that didn't happen

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    But yet that's what we did.

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    @browns149 said:

    All I heard all week was that Shanny would call plays to Johnny's strengths. Well that didn't happen

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses. But yet that's what we did.

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    Just what passing plays do not require reads? Roll outs simply cut the field in half.

    And then there's the pre-snap reads that include line calls. Not sure if BH had been involved in those, but I am pretty sure JM was not. Still want to see this asked.

  • All I heard all week was that Shanny would call plays to Johnny's strengths. Well that didn't happen

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    But yet that's what we did.

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    @browns149 said:

    All I heard all week was that Shanny would call plays to Johnny's strengths. Well that didn't happen

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    But yet that's what we did.

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    Holy fuck, you're kidding right? Those who wanted Manziel to start, what did you expect him to do? Take a snap and just wait to see someone run open?

  • @everlastingxxx said:

    Nothing to laugh about when your team is losing. I'm old school, that's just how I see it.

    I thought you were too young to be "old school". 😉

  • Oh come on Z, a punt returner?? He's way too slow for that....... Holder maybe?

  • Hoyer: Johnny you suck! haha

    Johnny: I can't believe Haslam is paying this much to suck! haha

    Shanny: I need a fucking QB

  • @mohican said:

    I think Brandon Weedon looked better on his first start, and on a lot worse team.

    At this point might as well let Midge finish the season, but if he looks like he does after another two games, I wouldn't commit a season next season.

    There was a reason that Brady Quinn slipped in the draft. There might be a reason Colt Manziel slid, too. And we probably didn't need to trade up to get him....

    You might be a Retard. On his first start, Weeden threw 4 picks and got stuck underneath the flag.

    @vaportrail said:

    You might be a Retard. On his first start, Weeden threw 4 picks and got stuck underneath the flag.

    God the flag moment was so good.

  • @winstonlegthigh said:

    I think he breaks down and tries to improvise plays too quickly. I think he is a college qb whose game won't translate well to the NFL. I thought he would be a bust, and I was pissed that we picked him. All that being said, he is our guy for now and probably next year so I am going to try and be as optimistic as I can. I think (more like hope) if we build the team we are trying to build, and he matures in his game, he could be our Russell Wilson.

    Everyone saying how awful he was needs to calm down, this loss is not on him. This was one of the worst overall games I have seen by us I can remember. Everything sucked. After all the smack talk by the bungles, in a must win, playoff atmosphere, at home, to come out and play like that is disgraceful. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, it was like our whole team conspired to suck because JF was in. We were suppose to play like last week, I'd like to see what he can do with us playing at that level.

    The premature bailing out of the pocket was in evidence yesterday.

    Exact same pre-draft analysis here.

    Exact same post-draft hopes as well. Better skill set than Wilson. Question is "the head".

    I know you are not suggesting that the whole team actually "conspired to suck", but I think it is fair to say that they were looking for inspiration from JM that never came.

    @tour2ma said:

    I know you are not suggesting that the whole team actually "conspired to suck", but I think it is fair to say that they were looking for inspiration from JM that never came.

    Yea I wasn't suggesting that but you are right that johnny showed nothing inspiring yesterday. Even with the team sucking, a couple decent plays, which people said he could make by himself when the rest of the team was sucking, would have maybe gotten some sort of spark out of the team. Maybe at least enough for a TD, a fg, anything. Instead he just maybe inspirationally bad rookie plays and throws.

  • @tour2ma said:

    And analyzers gonna analyze...

    Specific names? Correct, none mentioned save Hawk (except in passing), and Hawk's was a positive ref. But I do not feel I am misrepresenting anything, Steve. There is a fair amount of the all inclusive "We have to play better"... same as Hoyer.

    Just did a count..

    I's - ~18 including a surprising amount of deluded, self-appraisal, e.g. "I did not think the game was too fast for me." "I was prepared."

    We's - ~22 including the above example plus, "team thing" and "we did not make plays on 3rd down."

    My original point was simply that many statements were identical to those Hoyer made in his pressers. Statements that lovers here jumped upon...

    Lovers gonna love...

    Don't really see what this has to do with the original post but again you misrepresented what he had to say in the press conference. That's all.

    He did not shy away from the blame.

    (and from my point of view the other facets of the game or a lot worse than they were last week. A lot.)

    And he sucked too.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    Don't really see what this has to do with the original post but again you misrepresented what he had to say in the press conference. That's all.

    I restated what I originally said, but you appeared to not comprehend. I took a shot.

    JM said what I said he said. A lot of we's... even gave you a count.

    He said other stuff as well, credible "my bad" stuff. And he said other stuff that was self-serving and delusional.

    You think I'm misrepresenting...

    I think you're being intentionally dense...

    Let's move on.

  • All I heard all week was that Shanny would call plays to Johnny's strengths. Well that didn't happen

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    But yet that's what we did.

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    @browns149 said:

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    Which is the reason so many didn't want to pick him in the first place

    But yet that's what we did.

    Because thats what NFL QB's need to do to succeed in this league

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    Im confused. Your mad that he stayed in the pocket, but mad that he rolled out?

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    Confused again. So we were wrong to run at the 27th worst run defense?

    Your killing me with this stuff. Next thing you know you'll be blaming this loss on the coin toss

  • Oh we can certainly move on bud. I'm not angry, & I hope you're not. It seems to me the point you want to make is that someone here thought Brian Hoyer failed to take enough personal responsibility in his press conference. Now you think Johnny Manziel fell short on the same subject.

    As dense as I probably am that's my guess as to the reason for your post.

    (it does remind me of the history of the team at the point of the Vinnie V Bernie debate. For some reason if you liked one guy you are required by some ridiculous Browns rules to hate the other one.)

    WSS

  • @browns149 said:

    No one EVER thought Johnny could stand back there and read defenses.

    Which is the reason so many didn't want to pick him in the first place

    But yet that's what we did.

    Because thats what NFL QB's need to do to succeed in this league

    I saw 1 and I mean 1 REAL rollout play. Not that would have helped, but it hurt BIG TIME

    Im confused. Your mad that he stayed in the pocket, but mad that he rolled out?

    also the bungles were 27th against the run, we ran right up the middle ALL DAY

    Confused again. So we were wrong to run at the 27th worst run defense?

    Your killing me with this stuff. Next thing you know you'll be blaming this loss on the coin toss

    @manzier said:

    Your killing me with this stuff. Next thing you know you'll be blaming this loss on the coin toss

    Gotta admit, that's a unique argument for sure.

  • Oh we can certainly move on bud. I'm not angry, & I hope you're not. It seems to me the point you want to make is that someone here thought Brian Hoyer failed to take enough personal responsibility in his press conference. Now you think Johnny Manziel fell short on the same subject.

    As dense as I probably am that's my guess as to the reason for your post.

    (it does remind me of the history of the team at the point of the Vinnie V Bernie debate. For some reason if you liked one guy you are required by some ridiculous Browns rules to hate the other one.)

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    For some reason if you like one guy you are required by some ridiculous Browns rules to hate the other one.

    WSS

    This is my pain. The polarizing nature of these 2 QB's. And the inability of those that love them(or hate them) to accept objective analysis. So many are too fast to condemn. And on the other side, so many feel the need to defend, even in the face of horrible play.

    And its so extreme(the love and hate for one) that now that we have lost 4 out of 5 games, we are debating how our QB's respond verbally to their terrible play at press conferences?? Which one grovels best?.

    Im more worried how he'll respond next week on the field.

  • Holy Joe Theismann, Z-Man...

    Joe went to George Allen volunteered to return punts. Just wanted to contribute more to the team than being the 3rd stringer he was at the time.