Yesterday, a video surfaced on the Internet showing Johnny Manziel popping bottles at the club on his off week this weekend and it doesn’t seem like the Cleveland Browns are too happy about it. Today, Browns coach Mike Pettine weighed in on the video and is considering benching Manziel after giving him the starting job last week.
Update: Johnny Manziel has officially been benched by coach Mike Pettine in favor of Josh McCown
Josh McCown will be the starting quarterback on Monday night against the Ravens.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 24, 2015
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Johnny Manziel will be Browns third-string QB Monday night, behind starter Josh McCown and Austin Davis.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 24, 2015
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#Browns Pettine on Manziel: "when it's a repeated pattern of behavior, it's a concern"
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 24, 2015
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#Browns Pettine is obviously considering benching Manziel for #Ravens game: "it's disappointing. very"
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 24, 2015
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#Browns Pettine said McCown is cleared (ribs) and is good to go if they decide to start him
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 24, 2015
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When asked about the video, Johnny gave a pretty lame excuse saying that video “might be old”.
ICYMI: #Browns Johnny Manziel on partying video: 'Videos can be old; I haven't seen it, so I can't speak on it' https://t.co/eLUxNQwK5M
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) November 24, 2015
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Considering that were plenty of eye witnesses who spotted Manziel at the club, this was probably not the best response by Johnny.