Browns’ Pettine deflects Manziel questions

However, despite saying he had learned from his past mistakes, Manziel, who spent 70 days during the offseason in a rehab facility specializing in alcohol and drug treatment, has not shown the maturity the Browns are looking for from their quarterback.

Last week, Johnny Manziel was demoted from his position as the designated starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns because of video that surfaced of him partying in Texas during the team’s bye week.

Baltimore has listed receiver Marlon Brown (back), tight end Chase Ford (shoulder), tackle Eugene Monroe (shoulder), and guard Kelechi Osemele (knee) as doubtful, while cornerback Shareece Wright (back) is questionable. Two Brady Quinn interceptions in the second half helped the Ravens break a 0-0 halftime tie and coast to the win.

“You never want to regain a job this way”, he said.

Meanwhile, offensive coordinator John DeFilippo said he supports the decision to bench Manziel “100 percent”, but admits it wasn’t an easy decision. I can’t emphasize the importance of the trust and the accountability piece.

Allen ran 22 times for 67 yards and caught five passes for 48 yards after Forsett broke his arm in last week’s first half.

“This is a decision that I know, for him in particular, stings in the short term but feel it is an absolutely necessary to maximize his chance for future success”, Pettine said. They have scored only two touchdowns in their last two games, both with Manziel at quarterback while McCown recovered from a rib injury. But McCown, despite sympathizing with Manziel, is excited for another opportunity.

After the match-up with the Ravens this week, it is hard to see where the Browns’ next win can come from with a hard final five games in the regular season.

There are always stop-gap options similar to Ryan Fitzpatrick or Matt Cassel who can keep teams competitive but the Browns already have one in Josh McCown under contract.

“We traded for a guy when I first got to Green Bay that Atlanta said was a little bit of a hell raiser and it turned out OK for us”, Gruden said of Brett Favre.

Donnell went for another MRI exam on his injured neck and was held out of practice on Wednesday. He had some plays I’m sure he wishes he had back, he had some plays I wish he had back, but that’s just part of being a young DB in this league.

McCown said he’d draw energy from celebrating Thanksgiving and reflecting on his blessings. “You have a player that, I think we can all agree in this room, has come so far from a football standpoint in the product he put on the field from a year ago to go out and play that way on the road against a very good Pittsburgh Steeler defense”.

The news and energy surrounding the Browns have been negative for a long time.

Pettine deflected any questions about Manziel’s troubled week, and said he was just focusing on Monday night’s televised game with the Ravens.

I foresee this being another close game between these AFC North rivals. This has all the makings of a awful Monday Night match-up. “This is my first Monday night playing, so I’m going to be pretty juiced up for that”. They failed to score more than six points in six of the games. “I do think there is an added energy to it”. The secondary defense of Ravens has proved to be its weak point, which McCown will try to exploit on Monday. Since the rivalry began in 1999, Cleveland has only swept in 2001 and ’07. “It would be a very good thing for us just from a confidence level and from where we want to go and things we can hang our hat on”. One season removed from the best of his career, Forsett gained 641 yards and two touchdowns in 10 games.