It might be time to put a quarterback to the Cleveland Browns yet again in your NFL mock drafts. Johnny Manziel’s career in Cleveland could be in its last throes. If and when the Browns part ways with Johnny Manziel, where does he go next? His pro career might be in dire straits.
FOX NFL Insider Jay Glazer on Johnny Manziel’s domestic dispute involving alcohol:
“The NFL is going to do their due diligence this week. As far as Manziel with the Browns, they aren’t going to deactivate him or anything like that. If this was a year ago, they probably would have pushed him aside, but he’s not the same Johnny Manziel this year that he was last year. When he’s inside [their] building he’s an A+, where he was probably a D- last year. Are they concerned he’s still drinking? Yes. But it hasn’t affected him like it did last year when the guy would miss meetings and show up late.”
CBS The NFL Today On Johnny Manziel:
BILL COWHER: I have watched Johnny Manziel now for a year-and-a-half. I think he’s a back-up quarterback at best. He’s a distraction off the field. I believe in second chances, but after the second chance, to me there is a zero tolerance policy. He can’t put himself in the position he put himself into. I would ask for his release and do it for this reason. In that locker room, players want accountability and be held to that. There is an accountability on the field, but there is also an accountability off the field that you always be a professional in your community. To me, that is the message that needs to be sent here. You are accountable for your actions not only on the field, but off the field. That is why I would ask for his release.
CHARLES WOODSON: I agree with accountability. I don’t agree with Johnny being just a back?up quarterback. I think he’s a young talent. I think he can play, but just hasn’t had a chance to play because (Josh) McCown is playing excellent football right now. But with Johnny, at some point, it’s about you. It’s about the certain individual. And he has to take responsibility for his own actions. If he’s going to change, it’s not going to be in the locker room. It’s not going to be the coaches. It’s going to be Johnny.
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