Browns "Stunned" By Manziel's Antics

[jonathanlambert33]

At a time when the Johnny Manziel story should start to focus almost solely on football, some members of the Browns organization have turned it into another examination of his off-field life.

Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote a story, citing anonymous Browns sources, saying the team is "alarmed" by his actions since the draft. Manziel has been seen at various parties this offseason. The story said the team was worried enough about a photo of Manziel apparently rolling up a $20 bill that coach Mike Pettine told Cabot that he called the rookie quarterback, while the coach was on vacation in Hawaii, to get answers.

The Plain Dealer pointed out that tight-rolled bills are often used for drug use, although there was no evidence in the photo that's what Manziel was doing, Pettine reached out to ask him about it. According to the story, Pettine said he planned to address it again with Manziel face-to-face when he reported for camp with the other rookies on Wednesday.

And, there was a troubling football aspect to the story too. The story said Manziel "regressed in practice after the first week of organized team activities," and the team thinks he wasn't dedicated enough to learning the playbook because he was flying around the country and partying. The story said he has already lost ground in the quarterback competition before camp starts.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/report--browns-stunned-by-johnny-manziel-s--non-stop-antics--193415719.html

 

[RipCity32]

Dude hasn't really done anything wrong....yet lol.

 

[dcpwner]

He's gotta be doing extraordinarily poorly to be losing a job that was basically guaranteed to be his.

 

[elcheato]

It was never guaranteed to be his. I thought Hoyer would be the starter out the gate

 

[Elite]

You draft Johnny Football and then are stunned by his antics? Lmao

If you didn't know what you were getting yourself into you're fucking retarded

 

[elcheato]

I am shocked and chagrined!

 

[TTN2810]

Who the fuck cares what he does, as long as he wins, no one should care. All this bs about being the face of the franchise is stupid. You don't need to be a role model to be a professional athlete. It is not a requirement for the job. Sure, the media and the organization would like it, but it's not mandatory. He gets paid to win, not to influence little Billy to stay in on Saturday nights. If he isn't getting arrested leave him be.
 
Until he starts losing football games.
 
EDIT
Fucking spelling, man.

 

[Mobruler]

Johnny Eightball.

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

I am not shocked

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I'm shocked that the Browns are trying to convince us they're shocked. 
 
I respect the dude's hustle. Signs a nice contract, hasn't played a down, parties all the time. He's everything we dream to be except real. 

 

[Mobruler]

I'm shocked that the Browns are trying to convince us they're shocked. 
 
I respect the dude's hustle. Signs a nice contract, hasn't played a down, parties all the time. He's everything we dream to be except real. 

 
Basically this.  I've never gotten down on Manziel for his side show because he's never done anything on the football field except dominate.  He very well may become the best QB in Browns history, and if he does, nobody is going to care about how much booze and blow he likes.