Johnny Manziel Demoted to 3rd String QB After Party Video

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The end of Johnny Football as we know it?

He won the starting quarterback position and in less than a week, Johnny Manziel lost it. The Cleveland Browns were on a BYE this past week, so that meant some players could take it easy, but Manziel head out to Texas for a two day rager and was caught on camera partying with a bottle. This is the same guy who admitted himself to rehab over the summer to get better and stayed clean for a good part of the season until he was named the started just last week.

It probably wouldn’t have been a big deal, except for the fact that just before the Browns BYE week, he told reporters he wouldn’t do anything to embarrass the organization.

After the video of him surfaced on TMZ, coach Mike Pettine has made decision to bench Johnny in favor of Josh McCown and named Austin Davis as his backup.

“Josh McCown will be the starting quarterback on Monday night against the Ravens. I informed the quarterbacks of that decision after I sat down and spoke with Johnny, Flip (offensive coordinator John DeFilippo) and (quarterbacks coach) Kevin (O’Connell) after practice today. Johnny will be the third quarterback. I’ve spoken to Ray (Farmer) and Jimmy (Haslam) to inform them of my decision, and they are in full support.

Everyone in this organization wants what is best for Johnny just like we do for every player in our locker room. I’m especially disappointed in his actions and behavior because he has been working very hard. The improvements from last year to this year have been tremendous but he still has to consistently demonstrate that he has gained a good understanding of what it takes to be successful at the quarterback position on this level. It goes well beyond the field. We are going to continue to support him in every way possible, but at this point, we’ve decided it’s best to go with Josh as the starter going forward.”

The Browns have given Manziel more chances than anyone ever thought, but this incident might be the last straw. Johnny walked a fine line a few weeks ago when he was pulled over by the police in what seemed to be a domestic dispute with him and his girlfriend, but the team decided that it wasn’t enough to take away from his development on the field and gave him a pass. They wanted to see if he could be the team’s quarterback of the future since the Browns have no chance of making the playoffs at this point. Now, Manziel has made that decision very clear for them.

With his reputation tarnished, Johnny’s tenure in Cleveland is all but over at this point.

UPDATE: Sources around the NFL have been quoted as saying that Manziel was demoted because he lied to Coach Pettine about when the video was recorded. Johnny also encouraged his friends to lie as well.

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