Browns coach looking forward, unfazed by uncertain future

Certainly, his grade in the run game has to do with footwork and carrying out fakes and getting us in the right play.

Which is all the more impressive since their season looked truly lost by Week 6, when the team was 1-5, facing life without Jamaal Charles after he tore his ACL.

At 10-5, Reid’s team is still not out of the running for the AFC West title.

Smith zipped a pass to Maclin between three defenders for a score. “You have to always remember it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon”.

With or within Manziel, the Browns (3-12) complete the 2015 regular season against the Steelers at FirstEnergy Stadium Sunday. “But at the end of the day, time ran out on him”.

Quarterback Johnny Manziel struggled through the air completing just 13-of-32 passes for 136 yards and an interception. But he struggled throwing the ball, hitting only 31 percent of his throws (13 of 32) with one interception.

“There are a lot of adjustments that are happening in that route and he sees it the exact same way you do, and you trust him”, Smith said.

“It’s kind of a league-wide trend and we’ve joined it”, Pettine said. “We’ve got to play smarter for a longer period of time”. It is clear he has taken the last two as learning experiences and plans on being the “guy” for the Browns in the future.

Coach Mike Pettine – who promised the “repercussions would be harsh” if Manziel messed up again, hadn’t yet seen the video but admitted on a conference call Monday that it’s a problem. Manziel’s pass was incomplete into the end zone, with no receiver within 10 yards of where the ball landed. All told, Cleveland rolled up 368 total yards in the contest but still only managed a 13 points.

That comes just a few weeks after a similar video of him doing the same thing was published and it remains to be seen if he will face action like he did then.

The Chiefs came away with a perfectly timed field goal block to end the first half.

The Chiefs’ Daniel Sorensen blocked a field goal, which was good – and crucial, it turns out.

SEATTLE – Todd Gurley scored on a 2-yard TD run with 10:34 left, Akeem Ayers returned a fumble 45 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter and the St. Louis Rams ended Seattle’s five-game win streak with a 23-17 victory over the Seahawks on Sunday.

Key play: Facing fourth and 8 on their own 22-yard line, the Browns converted a fake-punt run by defensive back Jordan Poyer that extended a 21-play, 62-yard scoring drive.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, the former Heisman Trophy victor who earned the nickname Johnny Football for his on-field heroics at Texas A&M, has always been intertwined with hip-hop.

Browns linebacker Armonty Bryant will not be active in Sunday’s season finale against the Steelers, Pettine said.

Maclin said he won’t be watching the scoreboards, or care much about what happens with Denver the final two games. The defense was unable to sack Manziel….

All of which is why he’s the first Chiefs wide receiver with more than 1,000 yards since Dwayne Bowe in 2011, and only the fourth under Reid to reach that mark.