Manziel still in rehab, no end date set

[djohn2oo8]

For many celebrities who go into rehab, their 28 days are a limit.

But for Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel, it’s just a beginning, which is either a good or a bad sign.

According to Mark Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Browns coach Mike Pettine said Manziel remains in a*facility for alcohol and substance abuse.

Since he entered on Jan. 28, that puts Manziel around*the five-week mark.

“There was no set end date,” Pettine said. “It’s more important — the personal stuff now — football is an afterthought so we’re just giving him his privacy and [letting him] do what he has to do.”

While a longer stay could also be the sign of a more serious problem walking in the door, Pettine said after visiting Manziel he was confident the time was being well spent.

“Sure,” Pettine*said. “It’s something that he was very resolute that needed to get done and again, I’ll respect his privacy and leave it at that.”

As for the football — which is a minor concern at this point — Pettine said new staff additions should help Manziel once he’s back with the team, and reiterated it was too soon to give up on Manziel and cornerback Justin Gilbert, last year’s first-rounders.

“The one thing that we do know is that they both love football,” Pettine*said. “It’s obvious from Johnny’s background that he went through a period of time where it was clear he loved what football did for him. But we went through the evaluation process. This is a competitive guy, very passionate about the game. That shows when he’s out there on the field. Obviously, those guys had years they probably want to do over, but at the same time, we still think the arrow is up on both of them.”

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Johnny Rehab
:lmao Biggest bust ever

[Raven]

a true winner even in rehab, he beats even hollywood stars.

[Avante]

:lmao Johnny Rehab
:lmao Biggest bust ever

Hey stupid...


GIVE THINGS SOME FUCKING TIME

OK? You never seem to get that.

Dummy, it's 1972, O.J.Simpson hasn't had a 700 yard season yet, and he's entering his third season. His average per carry, 4.0. There was talk about...."a bust?"

Guess what ya dumb fuck?

[djohn2oo8]

Mortensen began the Browns segment by talking about the club's commitment to Manziel:

"I think about 90 percent that they have moved on [from Manziel] in their own minds except that they really don't know who they're going to get when Johnny leaves rehab, which has been an extended stay — a two-month stay. He should be getting out sometime in the first week of April if they're satisfied that he's ready to go out and get into society and that whatever deep-rooted problems that he had has been addressed. OK, now he's part of your depth chart. You have Josh McCown."

The ESPN NFL Insider then delved into the Browns' fascination with Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford.

"Yes, the Browns were the team, with the second first round pick, 19th pick, that talked to the Rams about that pick in trying to acquire Sam Bradford. But there was no quarterback they could send to St. Louis in return. Nick Foles was the obvious one and Bradford is somebody that the Eagles and [head coach] Chip Kelly have Mark Sanchez as a placeholder until Sam Bradford is healthy, and so I don't think Bradford is going to be available. They would like him to sign an extension, something he wouldn't have done had he gone to Cleveland. So I don't see why Cleveland could sit there and give up a first-round draft pick for somebody who's not inclined to sign an extension. All of these things are in discussion. If we were sitting around the living room, we'd be kicking all this stuff around."

Mortensen ended his view on the Browns' quarterback situation with this interesting nugget of information:

"The bottom line is that Johnny Manziel's future with the Browns has been in question. When they were putting together half of a new offensive staff, Manziel's name barely even came up in conversation."