OT Manziel demoted to 3rd team for partying again

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Kid is unreal. They just named him starter during the bye week for the rest of the season. Then he's on social media drinking and partying in Texas during their bye week, and now he's the 3rd string QB.
 

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He's a complete *******
 

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Surprised, but not surprised. Couldn't wait a month and a half more???
 

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Nice!

When McCown plays their TE Barnidge has big fantasy games. Thank you Johnny Lawn Nome for being who you are.
 

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After reading the QB prep article last week about all the time and energy that goes into getting ready to play in the NFL. I doubt JM will ever make it in the NFL.
 

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Cowpies here he comes!!!

Jones melted looking face is already salivating bet that.
 

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At 23 u Can t get some fun?
Drinking champagne during bye week is outrageous?
I know u get Lot of Money and u have some responsabilty but u cant be young forever
 

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He's got serious problems. Too bad, he could've been something much more than this.
 

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At 23 u Can t get some fun?
Drinking champagne during bye week is outrageous?
I know u get Lot of Money and u have some responsabilty but u cant be young forever

He was in rehab in the off season and has a long history of putting partying over responsibilities. He cares more about partying than winning.
 

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At 23 u Can t get some fun?
Drinking champagne during bye week is outrageous?
I know u get Lot of Money but u cant be young forever

I don't think the incident by itself is such a big deal. It's a different story though when look at what has happened before. He went to rehab, said that he was cleaning up his life and was going to do what it took to become a winning NFL QB. I'm also sure he promised his coach and the team ownership that he wasn't going to do that anymore. Doing what he did was dumb and playing up to the camera was even dumber.
 

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Partying on a bye week and he goes to 3rd string? No wonder that franchise is so terrible.
 

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I think he is an entiled moron but honestly... it was during his bye week, he went to some clubs. Who cares? You'd think him drinking and driving while brawling with his GF would be the cause of a benching.

I'd hope there is more to this story because this is a really silly thing to have break the camels back.
 

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I think he is an entiled moron but honestly... it was during his bye week, he went to some clubs. Who cares? You'd think him drinking and driving while brawling with his GF would be the cause of a benching.

I'd hope there is more to this story because this is a really silly thing to have break the camels back.

What your missing is he had alcohol issues & was in rehab just last year saying he was gonna clean himself up & he failed again. That's a huge letdown to his organization, his teammates, the community & to himself.

This isn't a 7 year vet who's a star QB, this is a young unproven kid who keeps failing to be a leader, which is what the QB is.
 

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What your missing is he had alcohol issues & was in rehab just last year saying he was gonna clean himself up & he failed again. That's a huge letdown to his organization, his teammates, the community & to himself.

This isn't a 7 year vet who's a star QB, this is a young unproven kid who keeps failing to be a leader, which is what the QB is.

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Could you compare what he's doing to what DWash did? (Except it's beer and not weed).

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Could you compare what he's doing to what DWash did? (Except it's beer and not weed).

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One is illegal, one is not..... The other difference is Dwaste broke league rules, Johnny boy is just pissing off his organization.

Oh, and Dwash is/was a monster talent and produced when on the field, Johnny football has talent, but lacks the brains and or drive to learn anything, and seems content being a backyard QB.
 

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I think he is an entiled moron but honestly... it was during his bye week, he went to some clubs. Who cares? You'd think him drinking and driving while brawling with his GF would be the cause of a benching.

I'd hope there is more to this story because this is a really silly thing to have break the camels back.

Well the speculation is after the NFL didn't suspend him over the incident with his GF, he and the Browns came to some sort of agreement. We are going to start you the rest of the way to see what we have, this is what we expect from you going forward.

And a week of partying wasn't on that list.
 

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He gets in a situation. Pettine talks to him. He says it won't happen again.
It happens again. Pettine talks to him. He says it won't happen again, he's focused on football.
It happens again.
Repeat 3 or 4 more times, and you can kind of understand why a coach might be fed up with the young kid who a year and a half in the NFL and he still isn't taking work seriously.
 

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The point I was hinting at is, he wants to "party" more than he wants to play football, putting the drinking above his team, town, fans, etc., much the same way folks on here say DWash has done.

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The point I was hinting at is, he wants to "party" more than he wants to play football, putting the drinking above his team, town, fans, etc., much the same way folks on here say DWash has done.

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I got your point
 

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The point I was hinting at is, he wants to "party" more than he wants to play football, putting the drinking above his team, town, fans, etc., much the same way folks on here say DWash has done.

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The 2 don't jive in today's NFL.
 
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