Browns mulling another QB decision

Now, assuming Manziel can stay out of trouble, he will likely be the starting quarterback for the final four weeks of the season, a 4-week audition to prove he can be the team’s starting quarterback in 2016.

The Browns are 2-10, losers of seven straight.

“It’s a new year”, said the quarterback, who notched his 50th career win. Those are all things that get factored into it, but we have to be very accurate in identifying what we are doing well and what we are not doing well.

Cincinnati needed a complex scenario to clinch a playoff spot this week, and even if that doesn’t happen, the Bengals are still poised to make the postseason for the fifth season in a row. The Bengals won 37-3.

You Said It is based on the premise that the only thing Cleveland sports fans need more than a championship is a sense of humor… Manziel, who started the season as the back up to Josh McCown, but found his way into the lineup via injuries and strong efforts both in practice and during games, suddenly looked to be entrenched as “the guy” for Cleveland.

Davis finished 25 of 38 for 230 yards. Cleveland has been outscored 98-13 in its past three games with Cincinnati. Hartline finished with 8 catches for 83 yards…. It was his first start of the season, and he was not too bad.

The Bengals went ahead 34-3 the next time they got the ball with quarterback Andy Dalton throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Marvin Jones, who beat the coverage of cornerback Charles Gaines.

Cleveland’s having another disastrous season, and coach Mike Pettine’s future is in serious doubt. No one should be surprised if Haslam were to fire coach Mike Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer because the Browns have lost 15 of their past 17 games dating to a year ago. He puts a lot of confidence in us, and that, as a player, is what you want, and that’s what you appreciate. Pettine stopped to sign a few autographs and talked to some friends before climbing into the passenger seat of his pickup truck for the drive home.

“We’ll make that decision (Monday)”, Pettine said Sunday. “You find out who you are”.

The Browns, using quarterback Austin Davis this week and their third starter in three games, had difficulty getting any offense going with wide receivers Andrew Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel on the inactive list and Travis Benjamin leaving the game with a shoulder injury.

The Browns season is a bit of a lost cause and still, Johnny Manziel did not get the start as part of his punishment for being filmed partying.

On fourth-and-11 from the Bengals 36, Davis was sacked on the first play of the second quarter.