Browns take on Baltimore Monday Night

Right before the Browns left for their bye week, head coach Mike Pettine named second year quarterback Johnny Manziel the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season.

Either way, in light of Manziel’s bye week shenanigans, the Browns now absolutely must take a quarterback in one of the early rounds of next year’s draft. “You lose trust in buckets and you regain it in drops”. I dealt with it Wednesday.

The rest of the locker room is used to musical chairs at quarterback, and the players said the latest change was taken in stride. “When I say I’m sorry to disappoint, I’m not really”. “It wasn’t like Josh lost his job”. But McCown, despite sympathizing with Manziel, is excited for another opportunity.

“My hope for him is, whatever those choices that he’s making, that they’re healthy choices and they’re good for him as a person”, McCown said. But I’m just not going there today.

Baltimore has listed receiver Marlon Brown (back), tight end Chase Ford (shoulder), tackle Eugene Monroe (shoulder), and guard Kelechi Osemele (knee) as doubtful, while cornerback Shareece Wright (back) is questionable.

McCown said he’d draw energy from celebrating Thanksgiving and reflecting on his blessings. He’s only going to get better the more he plays. We are going to have our hands full again with this guys.

Pettine deflected any questions about Manziel’s troubled week, and said he was just focusing on Monday night’s televised game with the Ravens. Fool me three times, shame on you, fool me four times, and we go back to Josh McCown? Tonight starts a closing six-game stretch – including four at home, with three inside the AFC North – that could shape the future of the organization.

As he got ready to turn his players loose last week, Pettine spoke to Manziel about being responsible. We talked about some deep and philosophical things.

Motivation shouldn’t be a problem for two teams all but eliminated from playoff contention.

Even though Baltimore Ravens are having awful season, they will face Cleveland Browns on Monday with a fearless heart.

Dobson sustained an ankle injury during the Patriots’ win over the Buffalo Bills on Monday night, further depleting New England at wide receiver. They’re 15-14 all time, with their last win in 2008 against Buffalo. Unfortunately, ESPN does not get the same priviledge with Monday Night Football, and it is showing this week. “I do think there is an added energy to it”. We have great fan support. Since the rivalry began in 1999, Cleveland has only swept in 2001 and ’07. “I want to see him realize his potential”. “It would be a very good thing for us just from a confidence level and from where we want to go and things we can hang our hat on”. There’s no way to predict before the season which teams are going to fall off the map, and this has been one of most beguiling seasons in recent memory.

“I’ll say this and it’s a credit to Johnny: he came to work this morning, and obviously, it’s not the best circumstances, ” said McCown. It was very unusual for me, but I care about him.

The Ravens have been decimated by injuries, but mostly on the offensive side.

Barnidge has caught seven touchdown passes in his past eight games for Cleveland. “I wanted to go my whole career without missing anything”. “I like our plan. He certainly played well against us last time so we think a lot of him as a player and we’re preparing for him”. He had some plays I’m sure he wishes he had back, he had some plays I wish he had back, but that’s just part of being a young DB in this league.