Johnny Manziel: Re-instated as starter

Jeremy Hill’s 1-yard TD run made it 27-3, and the Bengals back celebrated by leaping into Cleveland’s stands.

He can say the team showed great effort, but no amount of effort matters when your team is 2-10 and the worst team in the entire NFL. Sure, Lewis is the embodiment of the AFC North as a Pittsburgh native, a Baltimore veteran, and Cincinnati’s most successful head coach ever.

The persistent losing could foreshadow owner Jimmy Haslam cleaning house after this season.

“We knew coming in here they had a tough loss last week”, defensive lineman Domata Peko said.

Returning Manziel to the lineup for the rest of the season would allow the Browns to get four more games of evaluation before a pivotal offseason.

Kirksey’s protest, though, didn’t matter. That summed up the mood behind the podium and inside the walls of the Browns locker room after Sunday’s lopsided, 37-3 loss to the Bengals.

McCoy was injured not long after Bills first-year starting QB Tyrod Taylor broke the team record for most consecutive passes without throwing an interception. His rating was 71.2. According to a Monday report from Chris Mortensen of ESPN, via Adam Schefter, the Cleveland Browns will make Johnny Manziel their starter for this weekend’s matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. Last week, Pettine said the Browns wanted to see Manziel play again this season.

He’s also taking the step of not showing Browns games for the remainder of the season and prohibiting (prohibiting!) his employees from wearing Browns gear on Sundays.

Cleveland failed on their 4th-down attempt on their side of the field, and Cincinnati marched down the field quickly for another touchdown, this time through the air, to go up 14-0.

The Bengals toyed with and taunted the Browns in a 37-3 nose-drubbing that began in front of a sparse crowd in FirstEnergy Stadium that shamed some spectators into wearing brown bags to cover their identity.

Davis was 25-of-38 passing for 230 yards with no touchdowns and an interception against the Bengals in his first since he joined the Browns in September.

It can get four games worse.

The full list of Bengals receivers who had a catch in order of their total yards is: Green, Jones, Kroft, Alford, Giovani Bernard, Ryan Hewitt, Rex Burkhead and Uzomah.

The Browns advanced to the Bengals’ 36 on the ensuing drive and went for it on fourth-and-11.

Joseph, Smith and Barr are arguably the Vikings’ three best defensive players, and the Seahawks drove right down the field to take a 7-0 lead after Barr and Smith left. Green is one of the NFL’s best pass catchers and has been for a few years now.

The Browns went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Bengals’ 40 during the next series. Cleveland QB Austin Davis passed for 231 yards in his first start this season. He was sacked three times.

They will be without three key starters however in tight end Tyler Eifert (neck), safety George Iloka (groin) and nickel back Leon Hall (back).

Travis Coons kicked a 47-yard field goal for the Browns on the final pay of the first half.

Bengals cornerback Josh Shaw left with a back injury in the first half and declared questionable.