Johnny Manziel’s growth seen in pocket presence and awareness

The 49ers are also desperate for some type of spark for their offence, which again was anemic against the Browns.

Assistant coaches Andy Farrell, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt have all been axed, with new England head rugby coach Eddie Jones completely overhauling his back-room staff. According to ESPN.com, the Browns should only move Manziel if they are 100 percent certain he is not the guy for the team. We could have felt sorry for ourselves and gotten caught up in the negativity outside the building. “We’ve got to figure out a way to correct and prepare and go play to win a football game”. Pettine demoted him to third string, and there was a growing sense that Manziel had finally worn out his welcome in Cleveland. He is 2-2 as a starter.

Just before halftime, Manziel threw a pick and followed it with an angry outburst on the bench.

During the second quarter of the 49ers’ 24-10 loss to the lowly Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Ellington conjured up his longest punt return of the season for 36 yards.

I do not believe that Johnny Manziel is a Pro Bowl Quarterback at this time, I’m not even sure if he is an above average Quarterback, but I will say I love his progress on the field.

“So you can’t give up explosive runs like that”. Against the 49ers alone, Cleveland totaled 230 rushing yards. “Sometimes it’s a little muddy and murky on the line, but I thought everything we did worked well against them”.

The 49ers (4-9) allowed nine sacks and managed just 127 yards on offense before a 94-yard drive in garbage time.

Meanwhile, after showing signs of life over the last couple of weeks, Gabbert did not look like any kind of improvement over Colin Kaepernick on Sunday, completing 18 of 28 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown.

Arsenal and Chelsea have both been handed tough assignments in the last 16 of the Champions League, the Gunners facing a nightmare date with title holders Barcelona and Chelsea taking on PSG for the third straight year.

The Cleveland Browns hope to build on their 24-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers, as they turn their attention toward a much stiffer challenge next Sunday against the Seahawks in Seattle. Crowell’s previous career best was 88 rushing yards a year ago at Atlanta. The 49ers are terrible, which certainly played a part in the way the Browns played, but they did play well.

Isiah Crowell led an unlikely ground assault for Cleveland, finishing as the game’s leading rusher with 145-yards and two touchdowns.

-RUNNING DEFENSE: B. The 49ers were without their best runner, Carlos Hyde, who on Saturday was put on injured reserve with a foot injury.

This is not the first game this season where it’s literally appeared that the team not only had no game plan, but was completely lacking any sort of competitive fire.

Gary Barnidge celebrated his contract extension with 5 catches, 84 yards and a touchdown in what is becoming a typical day at the office.

“Overall, I think it was a good day for him”.

Late in the first half, he was forced from the pocket and was being chased by a San Francisco defender near the Browns sideline.

Armonty Bryant (two sacks), Nate Orchard (two sacks), Desmond Bryant (one and a half sacks), Christian Kirksey (one sack), Jordan Poyer (one sack), Donte Whitner (one sack), and Xavier Cooper (half sack) all took turns plastering Blaine Gabbert in the backfield of the 49ers. The Jaguars stuck with him and now he looks every bit like a starting quarterback.