Browns name former USM star Davis starting QB

But Cleveland quarterback Austin Davis – pressed into action after Josh McCown left the field with a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter – connected with wide receiver Travis Benjamin on a 42-yard touchdown pass with 1:47 left to tie the game at 27-27.

Pettine wasn’t ready to say whether or not Johnny Manziel or Austin Davis will start for the team at quarterback moving forward.

Photos and videos of Manziel partying emerged following the team’s bye week, just a short time after Pettine named him the starter for the remainder of the season.

Davis entered Monday night’s game with 8:29 left and completed seven of 10 passes for 77 yards. Unless he signs another quarterback and starts him right away, Manziel and Davis are his choices. If the Browns do not start Manziel in this situation, don’t expect him to be in a Browns uniform next season. Pettine said Tuesday that he was not yet prepared to announce the team’s Week 13 starter.

Coons’ kick was low, allowing Urban to get a hand on it. As Hill sprinted down the sideline, Browns fans, some of whom came to the game with brown paper bags over their heads, felt more disgust.

I credit Austin for coming in.

Pryor (6-foot-4, 233 pounds) spent training camp with the Browns as he tried to make the conversion from quarterback to wideout. “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”.

It’s unclear if McCown’s collarbone is broken.

The 2-9 Browns are going to finish where they’re used to – at the bottom of the AFC North, losing six games in a row since a 2-3 start.

Speaking of, Davis will be the 24th starting Quarterback for the Browns since 1999, the most in the National Football League in that span. It’s too bad for Cleveland, as McCown was having one of the best seasons a Browns passer has had since returning to Cleveland. Suddenly, regardless of personality and honesty, maybe Davis is the best option to win games for a team that looks incapable of doing so. “This is where we had an obvious shortcoming”, Pettine said of Manziel at the time.

As far as this season goes, Davis is an upgrade over Manziel in all aspects.

In other quarterback news, McCown was placed on injured reserve and replaced by Terrelle Pryor, the quarterback-turned-receiver who was released in September for running back Robert Turbin.