Browns may turn to Manziel versus Titans

“It’s easy to fall into, ‘Here we go again, ‘” said Pettine.

Tramon Williams’ first game as a Cleveland Brown did not unfold as he originally cooked up in his mind.

Manziel could use the snaps with the starters, even if he doesn’t get the call vs. the Titans.

“I definitely owe him a soda pop for that one”, Fitzpatrick said.

The success was short-lived. The Browns trailed 14-10 at halftime after leading 10-7 late in the second quarter.

Browns Coach Mike Pettine said McCown is following the National Football League concussion protocol and his status will be determined as the week unfolds.

Like McCown, Manziel absorbed some big hits while scrambling.

“You just hope he’s not seriously hurt”, Bowles said after the game, when he was still awaiting word on the nature and gravity of the injuries. “We brought him in here to be a good player”. We’ve got to do a better job of that as far as the sidelines and things of that nature. That wasn’t the case with Manziel. He returned to throwing last Monday, but was limited in practice. He ran three times for 26 yards and took three sacks. “Johnny, early in the week, will get the starting quarterback reps”. ‘Hey, I’ve got a chance to score a touchdown here.

Whole new world: Cornerback Tramon Williams joined the Browns as a free agent from Green Bay, where the Packers are used to winning.

Pettine said Manziel made it through the game OK. “So that kind of slowed our momentum a little bit”.

It only allowed 10 points to the Browns on Sunday, but the Jets defense still took a major hit. With the Jets defense zeroing in on Manziel, he struggled with a miss on an endzone pass to Andrew Hawkins and an interception into tight coverage. The first was poked away by defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson. One was by promising second-year OLB Trevor Reilly. “I was disappointed in the second half but there were some good things despite the turnovers”. He had receiver Andrew Hawkins open in the end zone in the second quarter but overthrew him, and the Browns had to settle for a field goal.

No. 3 quarterback Austin Davis inactive. After trying to get up, Mauldin collapsed to the turf and didn’t move.

Still recovering from a serious torn ACL injury at the end of the 2013 season, Benjamin is finally back to 100-percent and ready to make big plays as he did when he played for the Miami Hurricanes. Bowe reportedly showed up to training camp overweight, suffered a hamstring injury in early August and ended up playing most of the exhibition finale, which is the type of playing time earned by those about to be cut.

“I told Dwayne we expect more out of him”, DeFilippo said, via the Akron Beacon Journal. “I can’t imagine not practicing all week and then, having to play a full game on Sunday, so it was definitely an unfortunate situation”. McCown directed an impressive drive during his lone series, which began at the Cleveland 9.

Of course, in the blowout victory, there were some encouraging signs for the Jets.

Bowles said he was “very relieved” upon hearing the MRI results, acknowledging he thought it may have been a major injury.