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Browns made up Manziel concussion to cover for him showing up drunk
Report: Browns lied about Manziel concussion to cover up his drinking
Posted by Michael David Smith on February 9, 2016, 12:39 PM EST In a report on the league’s own network, the Browns have been accused of lying about Johnny Manziel having a concussion in an effort to cover up that the real problem with Manziel was showing up to work drunk. “Johnny Manziel, going into what would have been a start late in the season, showed up drunk at practice on a Wednesday. The Browns lied and said he was in the concussion protocol. Let me repeat that: The Browns lied, to try to protect, and I would argue enable, this irresponsible and very troubled young man,” Mike Silver said on the air on NFL Network. As PFT pointed out at the time, there’s always been something very fishy about Manziel’s Week 17 concussion diagnosis. On Monday of the last week of the season, then-Browns coach Mike Pettine said he planned to talk to Manziel about a video that appeared to show him drinking alcohol and partying. At that time, there were no reports that Manziel being checked for a concussion. Then, when Manziel showed up to work on Wednesday, it was announced that he had a concussion and couldn’t play in that Sunday’s season finale. It was never explained why the Browns only diagnosed this concussion three days after it supposedly happened, and two days after Pettine said he was going to have a stern talk with Manziel about his off-field issues. If NFL Network’s report is correct, the NFL should come down hard on the Browns. The league has spent the last few years repeating, over and over again, that concussions are to be taken seriously. If the Browns are using bogus concussion diagnoses to avoid having to discuss players’ off-field problems, that would be an appalling misuse of the league’s injury reports. So while the Browns are done with Manziel, they may not be done paying the price for hitching their wagon to him. Cleveland could be facing league discipline for lying about a concussion. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-his-drinking/ |
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Refresh my memory, wasn't Manziel the draft pick the owner took from a homeless dude outside the stadium?
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Can they even punish the browns? The GM and coach who made that decision are fired. Hue Jackson wants nothing to do with Manziel. He doesn't even want to talk to him
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They are screwed. Goodell should go ape shit on them with punishment. Any coach that knew could get banned for life or at least a year.
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I guess I don't see why this is a huge deal (in terms of league punishment anyway). It's just lying about an injury, which I'm sure happens all the time. Slap on the wrist? Sure. But some of you guys are acting like some sort of crime was committed.
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Nah, just swap the Titan's ownership with the Brown's ownership. Then Jimmy Haslam can own the team in his brother's state.
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Yea I agree. Had they hid a concussion by saying he was drunk the shit would hit the fan but really this seems very minor to me.
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Yeah i dont see the big deal. If it were reverse maybe and hiding a concussion. Teams lie about the injury severity all the time. Give them a 5k fine and be done.
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League isn't going to be happy about the Browns manipulating the system. Concussions are THE hot button issue right now too.
It will be interesting to see what the punishment will be. Of course it will be more severe for the Browns than it would be for the Broncos,Patriots,Steelers etc.
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This is exactly why the Browns are a horrible organization . Lots of people go to work intoxicated and perform just fine. they should have just let Johnny roll .
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I think the reason they did this was trade value. Concussion's are one thing but showing up to practice drunk completely kills any potential trade value particularly after Johnny's problems with alcohol.
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If Pioli got another job after burning a franchise to the ground and initiating a complete fan revolt amidst a totalitarian regime, there's no reason why Farmer couldn't either.
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