Manziel leads Browns over 49ers 24-10
Any coaching staff that lets something like that happen should barely be close to the NCAA Division II sideline let alone on one of the NFL’s prestigious 32 sidelines. They had 90 midway through the first quarter led by Isaiah Crowell, who had a 50-yard run to set up his one-yard touchdown with 5:38 to play in the first quarter.
Pettine and the Browns enjoyed a Victory Monday for the first time in two months, and Pettine stressed it was a byproduct of everything that was accomplished in the days leading up to Sunday’s showdown at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Back on the field after being benched for two games, Manziel is taking full advantage of his second opportunity. San Francisco’s poor effort can be measured in how well a bad team – the Browns had lost seven straight – played Sunday.
“It’s hard for anybody outside to speak”, Pettine said. There was a lot to like about how he played yesterday, but there is still a lot left to learn about whether or not he could be labeled as a franchise quarterback. One of these blunders, his most recent, came after the team specifically asked him not to do anything stupid.
“This isn’t freaking (Texas) A&M, ” he said, adding the tablet survived the head-butting.
I expect a lot of points in this game and for the total to be topped.
“He is improving and he is just going to keep getting better week in and week out”, Barnidge said. Running back Shaun Draughn had 43 yards on 11 carries, but S.F. was playing from behind for most of the game.
From David Newton’s story on the to get to 13-0: “Few would have called the Carolina Panthers an offensive juggernaut in August, particularly after wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin suffered a season-ending knee injury in training camp”.
The Browns bounced back after having a field goal blocked for the third consecutive game by producing a six-play, 84-yard scoring drive. “Winning doesn’t heal everything, but it helps”.
“Maybe we just came out a little flat”, said 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks.
In fact, Hyde played in two more games after suffering the injury, but then was shut down pending further developments after the club’s Week 7 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
Key stat: 39. Combined receiving yards for Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith, the 49ers’ top two receivers, as the offense failed to get going.
“Talk to a guy that’s in the locker room like Gary Barnidge, who sees how he prepares, who sees how he is on the practice field, sees the noticeable difference from a year ago, the improvement there, the commitment, the dedication, the wanting to get it right, making sure that the details are right”.
When Dawson lined up and booted his 44-yarder, even some Browns fans applauded him. “I think that’s kind of human nature in this situation”.
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Cleveland Browns fans hold up a sign during the second half of an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday in Cleveland.
“Crow ran hard, broke some tackles and finished runs, ” Pettine said. “It was good to see”.
With the loss, the 49ers fell to 1-6 on the road. Before anyone in Dawg Pound Nation gets too carried away with the play of the quarterback and the team in Sunday’s win, know this: The Niners are bad.