The latest Johnny Fishbowl incident was probably the last straw.
Not because he necessarily did anything wrong, since if the woman involved was the same one in the driving incident, she is nuts.
Nor have I heard any allegations of abuse. As one of the few literate people in Cleveland, I need to help everybody out by pointing out what words were and were not used by police.
Tom Reed leaped on this incident. He says the Browns need to dump him ASAP. I can't disagree any more, although for me it's a political thing. It's possible, if not likely, that Johnny is guilty of having another good time, and bad taste in women (ex-girlfreind). Nothing more.
But Reed gets pretty silly in calling Manziel a "marginal starter", and commending Granny Pettine's backbone for demoting him. If he's an alcoholic in need of rehab, so are over a million Browns fans. What do you do on Friday and Saturday nights?
This is why Jim Brown has defended him. This media circus wasn't possible in Brown's day, and even if it had been, most fans would have shrugged it off. Politically correct do-gooders have indoctrinated us.
Alas, even Jim and I have to throw in the towel now. We're badly outnumbered, and there's too much flak headed Haslam's way. Johnny might possibly fetch a conditional sixth round pick at best now. More likely nothing.
Moving on, I admit that I'm kind of glad that Braxton Miller didn't light it up in the Senior Bowl. He was even tagged with one drop. Chances of him dropping to 34 overall are slightly better.
Noah Spence took himself out of the Browns second round wheelhouse with a sack and constant pressure.
A DE named Shawn Oakman (a chiseled 6'7", 26
9 lbs) had disappointed in practice all week, but exploded in the game with two sacks. Between the bad practices (he was "handled" by offensive linemen in drills) and the game itself, I don't know what to make of the guy, except to say he probably doesn't go on day one.
The Browns don't need a defensive end, but will have to look at him.
Mike Mayock and others talked up three cornerbacks, two of which are tall guys. That has to be a consideration for the Browns in the second round and beyond.
South quarterback Dak Prescott got my attention with a two minute touchdown drive to end the second quarter. He won't be drafted til later. He has limited experience and is a dual threat guy. CBS says he's improved a lot as a passer, then tore him apart.
He's 6'2", 228, and before taking over as the starter was mixed in at quarterback and ran a lot. He's compared to Tim Tebow, but he has a quicker delivery and is faster.
I have no idea if this means anything at all.
There was a lot of coverage of Carson Wentz's game, and it was generally positive. He was sacked twice and stripped once, but he moved his team. The consensus seemed to be that given his overmatched offensive line, he played pretty well.
Then I read a Bleacher Report review that was nearly opposite. They called Wentz "disappointing", and said that he clearly needed more time to be comfortable under center.
The writer might not even realize that Wentz is the only quarterback in the top three who took the majority of his college snaps from under center.
The Bleacher Report article said that whoever drafted Wentz would need a long term plan, because he would need a lot of work.
That much could be true...But less so than for spread quarterback Paxton Lynch, and maybe even Jared Goff (who has the football smarts but ran a spread himself).
The only top quarterback who looks like he could be a day one starter is Connor Cook (projected first or second round). I haven't paid too much attention to him. He sounds like AJ McCarron did before the last draft. Definitely a good quarterback, but not special.
I'm still relying on Mike Mayock first. Wentz or Goff, period. You need special.
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