Browns’ Austin Davis named starter over Johnny Manziel for Bengals game

“Worst possible scenario for Josh”, Browns coach Mike Pettine said. He is lost for the season with a fractured collarbone.

McCown’s fracture will not need surgery.

“Josh means a lot to this team, whether it’s in the locker room, practice field, gameday, just the positive energy that he exuded, the leadership”, Pettine said. “I have a series of meetings scheduled”. Manziel might still be part of the team’s future planning, but the goals have possibly changed for Pettine, worrying about his own skin. “I said, ‘If we get a block and it bounced my way, I’m going to take it to the end zone.’ Luckily, it did”. He indicated Johnny Manziel will get another opportunity to start in at least one of the last four games.

Pettine was asked if forcing Manziel to sit Monday night was enough discipline for his actions. “I think he demonstrated that the other night”.

“It was nearly a game of redemption”, said John Harbaugh, head coach of the Ravens. McCown went down in the fourth quarter after taking repeated big hits from multiple Ravens players.

Josh McCown dropped to the ground in excruciating pain.

Following the game, they may have wanted to throw up in them.

McCown left FirstEnergy Stadium with his right arm in a sling.

The injury to McCown completes and up-and-down season for the 36-year-old. “You pretty much have to drag him off the field”.

While the majority of fans want Manziel to start, the majority of fans don’t think it will happen. He is now reportedly going sign with the Browns as a receiver.

Austin Davis has a 3-5 record as a starter, after making eight starts with the St. Louis Rams in 2014.

Davis played well in his first game with the Browns, completing 7 of 10 passes for 77 yards.

That tied the game at 27-all with 1:47 left, but the Browns went on to lose after Baltimore blocked a field goal as time expired and returned it 64 yards for the game-winning touchdown. Although Davis entered the fray on Monday, it is anticipated that Manziel will get the start and will lead the Browns down the stretch. In an interview past year, Brett Favre told reporters he thought Austin Davis “could be the next Tom Brady or Kurt Warner”. “Will Hill didn’t do a very good job in coverage”.

“Commendable to him for paying attention to the game plan, when his number was called, being able to answer it”.

That score came with 1:55 remaining but the Ravens and Browns both had stalled drives before Schaub was picked off by Tramon Williams and Cleveland drove the ball down to the 33-yard line to give Coons the chance to be a hero. The 2-9 Browns still play the Bengals, 49ers, at the Seahawks, at the Chiefs and the Steelers.