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  • @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.
  • Johnny still has support from the front office according to Tony Rizzo

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

    @hunter48 said:

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

    ohhhhhh boy o boy....

  • Johnny still has support from the front office according to Tony Rizzo

    @hunter48 said:

    Johnny still has support from the front office according to Tony Rizzo

    I merged that with the ever growing Johnny thread. I'll call this unsubstantiated BS. They're only trying to keep his trade value up- as they should.

  • @hunter48 said:

    Johnny still has support from the front office according to Tony Rizzo

    I merged that with the ever growing Johnny thread. I'll call this unsubstantiated BS. They're only trying to keep his trade value up- as they should.

    @hoorta said:

    I merged that with the ever growing Johnny thread. I'll call this unsubstantiated BS. They're only trying to keep his trade value up- as they should.

    Unsubstantiated BS??? On the Browns Board???

    😁

    WSS

  • @hunter48 said:

    Johnny still has support from the front office according to Tony Rizzo

    I merged that with the ever growing Johnny thread. I'll call this unsubstantiated BS. They're only trying to keep his trade value up- as they should.

    @hoorta said:

    I merged that with the ever growing Johnny thread. I'll call this unsubstantiated BS. They're only trying to keep his trade value up- as they should.

    I don't think we get to make those distinctions. You can't give credence to Peter King's "Browns are DONE with JM" comment (before Hue was even hired) and then ignore this because you prefer, or think one to be true over the other.

    If Manziel is really that big of a problem for Scheiner and Jimmy that he's worth releasing, there will not be a team willing to trade for him--leaking positivity to a second-rate radio host is not going to change that perception, if that's the reality.

  • Second rate radio host???!!....then he's moved up in the rankings.

  • It does seem that if there has been a meeting with any of the new regime and Johnny it would be big news.

    Given the importance of the quarterback position doesn't it seem like that meeting would have taken place if in fact there was interest on either side?

    WSS

  • It does seem that if there has been a meeting with any of the new regime and Johnny it would be big news.

    Given the importance of the quarterback position doesn't it seem like that meeting would have taken place if in fact there was interest on either side?

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    It does seem that if there has been a meeting with any of the new regime and Johnny it would be big news.

    Given the importance of the quarterback position doesn't it seem like that meeting would have taken place if in fact there was interest on either side?

    WSS

    I'm not sure the coaches are allowed to talk football with the players until some time in April - something to do with the CBA rules.

    I remember when Pettine was hired and Hoyer was in the facility rehabbing his ACL they weren't allowed to really talk to each other except for like "hey how are you doing"

    And I imagine Johnny will be spending his off season in Texas, Vegas, and anywhere else that isn't Berea - so if they did have a conversation it'd be private by phone and wouldn't be about anything football related.

  • Actually it's been reported that one of the brass had a nice long conversation with Joe Thomas. Seems like you should be able to talk to any player on your roster, right?

    WSS

  • This is from 2014 so not sure it still applies. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11009309/shorter-nfl-offseason-restrictions-hamper-coaches

    "Coaches hate that they can't have a meaningful, football-related conversation with players until mid-April, at the earliest."

  • This is from 2014 so not sure it still applies. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11009309/shorter-nfl-offseason-restrictions-hamper-coaches

    "Coaches hate that they can't have a meaningful, football-related conversation with players until mid-April, at the earliest."

    @texasag1969 said:

    This is from 2014 so not sure it still applies. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11009309/shorter-nfl-offseason-restrictions-hamper-coaches

    "Coaches hate that they can't have a meaningful, football-related conversation with players until mid-April, at the earliest."

    That could be the dumbest rule ever. Although, I wish my employer couldn't talk to me for three months out of the year.

  • @texasag1969 said:

    This is from 2014 so not sure it still applies. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11009309/shorter-nfl-offseason-restrictions-hamper-coaches

    "Coaches hate that they can't have a meaningful, football-related conversation with players until mid-April, at the earliest."

    That could be the dumbest rule ever. Although, I wish my employer couldn't talk to me for three months out of the year.

    @kvoethe said:

    That could be the dumbest rule ever. Although, I wish my employer couldn't talk to me for three months out of the year.

    If they paid me $5m a year, I would probably be ok being available for 11 months of the year

  • but the season isn't over yet correct? so talking to joe thomas wasn't breaking any rules. i mean the friggin pro bowl is sunday and the super bowl is in 2 weeks, wtf?

    or is it when teams are done then the rule is in effect?

    "yeah we don't mind you playing in the pro bowl. go break a leg! DOH!!!"

  • but the season isn't over yet correct? so talking to joe thomas wasn't breaking any rules. i mean the friggin pro bowl is sunday and the super bowl is in 2 weeks, wtf?

    or is it when teams are done then the rule is in effect?

    "yeah we don't mind you playing in the pro bowl. go break a leg! DOH!!!"

    @miktoxic said:

    but the season isn't over yet correct? so talking to joe thomas wasn't breaking any rules. i mean the friggin pro bowl is sunday and the super bowl is in 2 weeks, wtf?

    or is it when teams are done then the rule is in effect?

    "yeah we don't mind you playing in the pro bowl. go break a leg! DOH!!!"

    I'm not sure but that's a good question. We hired Pettine pre-super bowl and I remember him saying he's seen Hoyer around for his rehab but couldn't really talk to him about anything (Or Hoyer said that he met Pettine, but couldn't talk football even though it seemed like he was itching to get started) - something along those lines was said back in 14'

    Players can't even go throw a football on the team field in those couple of months though, I think they can only do strength & conditioning stuff in the facility. Otherwise they have to go do it on their own in a non-NFL/non-team facility.

    Idk how they got that crap into the CBA last time - maybe the rule is different for pro-bowl players and they're allowed to freely use the facility and coaching resources, not sure.

  • Sashi, at Senior Bowl, comments on Johnny ... pretty much what you would expect him to say

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2016/01/more_johnny_manziel_partying_v.html

  • Only 20 pages to go...

  • Only 20 pages to go...

    @tour2ma said:

    Only 20 pages to go...

    Jff won't be going anywhere at least until the draft....so we got a long way to go.

    Lets all start singing 99 bottles of beer on the Wall. It will be just as monotonous.

    Here is a variation that should be what Johnny would be singing......but the guy singing it sounds like he drank the 99 beers, not the milk.

  • Hue Jackson said he hasn't heard from Johnny yet but he has talked to other players.

    Heard it on the radio, no idea what the source is - just take my word for it.

  • Sashi, at Senior Bowl, comments on Johnny ... pretty much what you would expect him to say

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2016/01/more_johnny_manziel_partying_v.html

    Zombo said:

    Sashi, at Senior Bowl, comments on Johnny ... pretty much what you would expect him to say

    http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2016/01/more_johnny_manziel_partying_v.html

    To a certain extent Z, I agree with one of the comments on cleveland.com- Busted Coverage is borderline stalking Manziel.