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  • Nobody cares. Tells us about it when hes still here, starting and winning games. Until then, he can fuck off.

  • Rizzo said on 850 knr talking to Grossi this morning that there is still support in Berea for Manziel and inside source told him. Listen on app espn if you doubt that he said this.

    @hunter48 said:

    Rizzo said on 850 knr talking to Grossi this morning that there is still support in Berea for Manziel and inside source told him. Listen on app espn if you doubt that he said this.

    No need to start a new thread with this...merged with the giant Johnny Retard thread.

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    This is seriously the dumbest one to get mad about.

    The season is over, what the fuck is there to be mad about?

    I get that he's an asshole and needs to be gone, but Jesus Christ - some of you guys are still living in the prohibition era.

    LOL, Prohibition Era? Hey guy, AHEM- I'm now an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Enology helping teach a wine appreciation class at UD. 🙂

    TC- I really don't care any more if Johnny drinks himself to death. He's living his life as he sees fit, so if that makes him happy- so be it. This latest video was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It's been two years coming, hanging onto hope Manziel could somehow turn into an asset for the Browns. It's over now- 100% done with the guy. Party on a-hole.

    @hoorta said:

    LOL, Prohibition Era? Hey guy, AHEM- I'm now an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Enology helping teach a wine appreciation class at UD. 🙂

    TC- I really don't care any more if Johnny drinks himself to death. He's living his life as he sees fit, so if that makes him happy- so be it. This latest video was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It's been two years coming, hanging onto hope Manziel could somehow turn into an asset for the Browns. It's over now- 100% done with the guy. Party on a-hole.

    I mean, I agree with you.

    But getting mad about this is like getting mad that your slutty ex-girlfriend is cheating on her new boyfriend.

    Why does it matter? Sluts will slut. Drunks will drunk. Dude is in the past.

  • Rizzo said on 850 knr talking to Grossi this morning that there is still support in Berea for Manziel and inside source told him. Listen on app espn if you doubt that he said this.

    @hunter48 said:

    Rizzo said on 850 knr talking to Grossi this morning that there is still support in Berea for Manziel and inside source told him. Listen on app espn if you doubt that he said this.

    Well in year number one Grossi reported on a weekly basis how the team was behind him and how well he is coming to grips with the system.

    Always good to take sports radio gossip with a grain or two of salt.

    I'm not saying it's impossible but...

    WSS

  • @hoorta said:

    LOL, Prohibition Era? Hey guy, AHEM- I'm now an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Enology helping teach a wine appreciation class at UD. 🙂

    TC- I really don't care any more if Johnny drinks himself to death. He's living his life as he sees fit, so if that makes him happy- so be it. This latest video was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It's been two years coming, hanging onto hope Manziel could somehow turn into an asset for the Browns. It's over now- 100% done with the guy. Party on a-hole.

    I mean, I agree with you.

    But getting mad about this is like getting mad that your slutty ex-girlfriend is cheating on her new boyfriend.

    Why does it matter? Sluts will slut. Drunks will drunk. Dude is in the past.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    I mean, I agree with you.

    But getting mad about this is like getting mad that your slutty ex-girlfriend is cheating on her new boyfriend.

    Why does it matter? Sluts will slut. Drunks will drunk. Dude is in the past.

    But TC- I'm a sensitive kinda guy, Johnny hurt my feelings so bad. 😆

    Nah- there's a bunch of us oldsters on the board TC- and we wasted yet another 2 years of my ever more limited lifetime seeing if Johnny Juicer could get his act together.

  • @hoorta said:

    LOL, Prohibition Era? Hey guy, AHEM- I'm now an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Enology helping teach a wine appreciation class at UD. 🙂

    TC- I really don't care any more if Johnny drinks himself to death. He's living his life as he sees fit, so if that makes him happy- so be it. This latest video was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. It's been two years coming, hanging onto hope Manziel could somehow turn into an asset for the Browns. It's over now- 100% done with the guy. Party on a-hole.

    I mean, I agree with you.

    But getting mad about this is like getting mad that your slutty ex-girlfriend is cheating on her new boyfriend.

    Why does it matter? Sluts will slut. Drunks will drunk. Dude is in the past.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    But getting mad about this is like getting mad that your slutty ex-girlfriend is cheating on her new boyfriend.

    more like the slutty ex-wife who you are still paying alimony to.

    that's when you call in cross-eyed tony from jersey.

  • @unsympathetic said:

    "This" refers to the notion that 2015 johnny didn't improve over 2014.

    No, it's not.

    Hue Jackson agrees with me

    The problem with JF is that the next progression he goes through in which he chooses the best option.. will be his first. I don't care if he "wants to" improve or not.. the reality is that he hasn't improved, isn't improving currently, and isn't putting in the work.

    This is a very stupid thread. Please close it, mods.

    Apparently, you don't understand how progression works. When a team picks a quarterback, it should play said quarterback to be able to make definitive statements like you just made. But you can't. What you can do is point towards improvements he has made, but there is far from enough of a sample size to know one way or the other.

    @mike-h said:

    Apparently, you don't understand how progression works.

    Apparently you don't understand what progression is - or how it works.

    Progression refers to the ability [or, in JFF's case, absence] of a QB to look at each WR sequentially during a play to determine if they are open. This is done based on how the defender is positioned, the relative speed of the defender in relation to the speed of the WR, and film study to know each defender's closing speed [eg if the defender is "baiting"].

    @mike-h said:

    When a team picks a quarterback, it should play said quarterback to be able to make definitive statements like you just made.

    Coaches watch him every day on the practice field - and analyze the all-22 view of the practice as they need to. They see quite clearly that he has made zero improvements in his ability to execute a progression since he was drafted. JFF was given more than a "fair" chance to earn that playing time.. and JFF didn't deserve it. Nobody "gets" anything in life.. you have to earn it.

    JFF had to beat out McCown.. a fair requirement, every young QB has to beat the veteran. And JFF never did... because he's simply not good enough. Cleveland should actually not "just play" him with a more competent McCown sitting on the bench.

    The definitive statement was made: JFF is not a good football player. I hope he goes back to school, finishes his degree, and makes something of his life. Of course, the Padres drafted him as a shortstop in the 2014 draft, so maybe he's got something there.

  • @mike-h said:

    Apparently, you don't understand how progression works.

    Apparently you don't understand what progression is - or how it works.

    Progression refers to the ability [or, in JFF's case, absence] of a QB to look at each WR sequentially during a play to determine if they are open. This is done based on how the defender is positioned, the relative speed of the defender in relation to the speed of the WR, and film study to know each defender's closing speed [eg if the defender is "baiting"].

    @mike-h said:

    When a team picks a quarterback, it should play said quarterback to be able to make definitive statements like you just made.

    Coaches watch him every day on the practice field - and analyze the all-22 view of the practice as they need to. They see quite clearly that he has made zero improvements in his ability to execute a progression since he was drafted. JFF was given more than a "fair" chance to earn that playing time.. and JFF didn't deserve it. Nobody "gets" anything in life.. you have to earn it.

    JFF had to beat out McCown.. a fair requirement, every young QB has to beat the veteran. And JFF never did... because he's simply not good enough. Cleveland should actually not "just play" him with a more competent McCown sitting on the bench.

    The definitive statement was made: JFF is not a good football player. I hope he goes back to school, finishes his degree, and makes something of his life. Of course, the Padres drafted him as a shortstop in the 2014 draft, so maybe he's got something there.

    @unsympathetic said:

    The definitive statement was made: JFF is not a good football player. I hope he goes back to school, finishes his degree, and makes something of his life. Of course, the Padres drafted him as a shortstop in the 2014 draft, so maybe he's got something there.

    I think the definitive statement was that he's not a good enough football player to excuse all of the off field shit. And he'd have to be a hell of a football player to do that.

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Breaking: Chris Christie jumps in front of a train, derails - hundreds dead

    Maybe Colleen just doesn't want to move to Canada 🥷

  • Rizzo said yesterday morning on knr he has heard that there is still support for Manzeil in Berea.

  • There certainly is.....this is ready for Johnny anytime he wishes to use it:

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  • Your original post got moved to the Johnny mega thread, didn't need to make another one.

  • Of course they will show support while posturing for a trade. In reality, the kid has not played awful while hes been on the field, and he really hasnt done anything terrible off the field. Sure hes immature and makes some bad decisions but I think he'll continue to grow as a person and as a player. Unless we get an offer we cant refuse, I see us keeping him around, while drafting another guy in the second or third round.

  • Of course they will show support while posturing for a trade. In reality, the kid has not played awful while hes been on the field, and he really hasnt done anything terrible off the field. Sure hes immature and makes some bad decisions but I think he'll continue to grow as a person and as a player. Unless we get an offer we cant refuse, I see us keeping him around, while drafting another guy in the second or third round.

    @flyin-j said:

    Of course they will show support while posturing for a trade. In reality, the kid has not played awful while hes been on the field, and he really hasnt done anything terrible off the field. Sure hes immature and makes some bad decisions but I think he'll continue to grow as a person and as a player. Unless we get an offer we cant refuse, I see us keeping him around, while drafting another guy in the second or third round.

    In reading about it I think it appears that Jackson insisted on the final say. If we take him at his word, he has not ruled him out before an in depth review and a chance to talk to him in person to make up his own mind.

  • @mike-h said:

    Apparently, you don't understand how progression works.

    Apparently you don't understand what progression is - or how it works.

    Progression refers to the ability [or, in JFF's case, absence] of a QB to look at each WR sequentially during a play to determine if they are open. This is done based on how the defender is positioned, the relative speed of the defender in relation to the speed of the WR, and film study to know each defender's closing speed [eg if the defender is "baiting"].

    @mike-h said:

    When a team picks a quarterback, it should play said quarterback to be able to make definitive statements like you just made.

    Coaches watch him every day on the practice field - and analyze the all-22 view of the practice as they need to. They see quite clearly that he has made zero improvements in his ability to execute a progression since he was drafted. JFF was given more than a "fair" chance to earn that playing time.. and JFF didn't deserve it. Nobody "gets" anything in life.. you have to earn it.

    JFF had to beat out McCown.. a fair requirement, every young QB has to beat the veteran. And JFF never did... because he's simply not good enough. Cleveland should actually not "just play" him with a more competent McCown sitting on the bench.

    The definitive statement was made: JFF is not a good football player. I hope he goes back to school, finishes his degree, and makes something of his life. Of course, the Padres drafted him as a shortstop in the 2014 draft, so maybe he's got something there.

    @unsympathetic said:

    Apparently you don't understand what progression is - or how it works.

    Progression refers to the ability [or, in JFF's case, absence] of a QB to look at each WR sequentially during a play to determine if they are open. This is done based on how the defender is positioned, the relative speed of the defender in relation to the speed of the WR, and film study to know each defender's closing speed [eg if the defender is "baiting"].

    I was referencing his progression as a player, not his pocket ability (which, sorry to alarm you, has improved) -- I understand quarterback progressions quite well, but thank you for that very poor attempt at an explanation.

    Coaches watch him every day on the practice field - and analyze the all-22 view of the practice as they need to. They see quite clearly that he has made zero improvements in his ability to execute a progression since he was drafted. JFF was given more than a "fair" chance to earn that playing time.. and JFF didn't deserve it. Nobody "gets" anything in life.. you have to earn it.

    I trust people I know who get paid for their analysis of film, my own eye from watching All-22 each week, and the general consensus that Manziel made big strides. I do not trust your biased generalization without any supporting evidence.

    JFF had to beat out McCown.. a fair requirement, every young QB has to beat the veteran. And JFF never did... because he's simply not good enough. Cleveland should actually not "just play" him with a more competent McCown sitting on the bench.

    Not true. The best way to improve is to play. Only so much can be done and learned from the sidelines, especially for the quarterback position. This is a fact. The more he played, the more you started seeing him fix mistakes he had made. That's called "progression" and what I was referring to.

    The definitive statement was made: JFF is not a good football player. I hope he goes back to school, finishes his degree, and makes something of his life. Of course, the Padres drafted him as a shortstop in the 2014 draft, so maybe he's got something there.

    Again, not true, and more unfunny rhetoric to prove your bias. Have a nice day, or don't, I don't care.

    Not sure if you can afford ESPN Insider or not, but this is a good read. Education is worth the small investment.

    (Matt Bowen knows football better than you).

    http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13713515/browns-qb-johnny-manziel-made-real-progress-nfl?ex_cid=InsiderTwitter_Bowen_ManzielProgress

  • Based on the Titans game?

    The Titans game wasn't even that good. He just hit 2 deep passes to Benjamin that a good quarterback would have recognized and made sooner - like Austin Davis did later in the season on virtually the same play (when filling in for McCown)

    Maybe he was milwaukees best in 2014 and now he's olde english in 2015. I mean maybe it's progress, but it still sucks.

    Personally, I'd be much happier with a quarterback who can recognize where the blitz is coming from and identify 1-on-1 coverage with Travis Benjamin before the ball even snaps - then stand in the face of pressure and toss a long accurate TD with a quick, high release. But we haven't drafted Goff yet.

  • I linked something in earlier post from after the Pittsburgh game as well. The only point is that he has improved and people continue to deny it because they don't want to see it, or aren't capable of objective analysis. (Or not capable of analyzing football)

  • I linked something in earlier post from after the Pittsburgh game as well. The only point is that he has improved and people continue to deny it because they don't want to see it, or aren't capable of objective analysis. (Or not capable of analyzing football)

    @mike-h said:

    I linked something in earlier post from after the Pittsburgh game as well. The only point is that he has improved and people continue to deny it because they don't want to see it, or aren't capable of objective analysis. (Or not capable of analyzing football)

    Mike, I won't deny Johnny has made progress. It's going to be up to Hue to decide if he's made enough progress to warrant keeping him around. My bet is not.

  • @mike-h said:

    I linked something in earlier post from after the Pittsburgh game as well. The only point is that he has improved and people continue to deny it because they don't want to see it, or aren't capable of objective analysis. (Or not capable of analyzing football)

    Mike, I won't deny Johnny has made progress. It's going to be up to Hue to decide if he's made enough progress to warrant keeping him around. My bet is not.

    @hoorta said:

    Mike, I won't deny Johnny has made progress. It's going to be up to Hue to decide if he's made enough progress to warrant keeping him around. My bet is not.

    Certainly doesn't look good.