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Manziel Not Impressing


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lol Nope. Manziel's known to be really competitive. It's not that he won't be competitive if they don't say anything, but I think it's fine to give him a little extra motivation. I think the huddle's really overreacting to what this GM has said. I think it's fine what he said.

The Cleveland front office has been trying pretty hard to shut down the Manziel hype and minimize fan expectations.

It's pretty rare that I say this, but I actually think the Browns are handling this the right way.

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meanwhile, in Minnesota:

"Teddy Bridgewater has been so impressive over the course of his first few days in Minnesota that coach Mike Zimmer has already stated that Teddy will get some first team reps during the Vikings' organized team activities, which begin May 28.

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Bridgewater has impressed the staff with his ability to pick up the Minnesota offense, and with his dedication in the film room.

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Several Vikings coaches, including Zimmer, also have been impressed with Bridgewater's mental preparation and his ability to quickly learn the team's offensive terminology. "It's not like, 'Hey, I'm throwing an out now,' " Zimmer said. "He would say the whole formation, the whole play, what it's on and go from there, just repeat it as he goes. That was impressive."

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USA Today: Bridgewater on Cleveland: 'That's not the place where I wanted to be'

NBCSports.com: Teddy Bridgewater: Cleveland wasn't where I wanted to be

Bridgewater said on the Dan Patrick Show that he’s thrilled to play for the Vikings, more so than he would have been with the Browns. “I actually told my agent that that’s not the place where I wanted to be,” Bridgewater said of Cleveland.

lol Browns

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meanwhile, in Minnesota:

"Teddy Bridgewater has been so impressive over the course of his first few days in Minnesota that coach Mike Zimmer has already stated that Teddy will get some first team reps during the Vikings' organized team activities, which begin May 28.

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Bridgewater has impressed the staff with his ability to pick up the Minnesota offense, and with his dedication in the film room.

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Several Vikings coaches, including Zimmer, also have been impressed with Bridgewater's mental preparation and his ability to quickly learn the team's offensive terminology. "It's not like, 'Hey, I'm throwing an out now,' " Zimmer said. "He would say the whole formation, the whole play, what it's on and go from there, just repeat it as he goes. That was impressive."

Good to hear. I'd love to see him succeed.

Still too early to know anything for sure there either, of course. Nobody has any doubts about Bridgewater's brains (that I've seen anyway). There are questions about whether his body is up to taking an NFL pounding.

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Sorry. Wrong.

There was a pretty extensive discussion - and defense - of Geno Smith prior to last year's draft. I'm a fan of his because I'm a big WVU homer. Sadly, he had the misfortune of going to the Jets, so who knows what'll happen there? I hope he succeeds, but that team is a dumpster fire.

RG3 has defenders on here too, though not as many. The general consensus is that he's a track guy playing football. Most believe his body won't take the pounding and he'll be out of the game after a relatively short career.

On the flipside, I'm not a fan of Manziel at all. I just know enough about football to be smarter than to make long term judgments based on a couple of days minicamp when a guy is a rookie.

 

you should try to hide your racism more, some posters are picking up on it.....ssshhhhhhhhh....

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Browns spent $100,000 on an analytical study of quarterbacks that told them Bridgewater was the best in this year’s draft class. Think how furious the Browns owner will be if Bridgewater succeeds and Manziel fails.

CBS:

"Further fueling the Browns' interest in Bridgewater is an expensive and thorough analytics study the team commissioned evaluating decades of successful NFL quarterbacks and taking all sorts of variables into consideration, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. ...The quarterback study, at a cost of over $100,000, ultimately pointed to Bridgewater having the best success rate of this year's group of quarterbacks."

Business Insider:

the Browns "deserve some praise for spending the money on data to help them make an informed decision on who to pick. Now the question is whether or not they'll use it."

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I don't get the Manziel hate

 

yeah he can be cocky but Cam was viewed in the same light at this time and stage

 

I hope the Browns finally have found their answer because I kinda feel bad for them.

 

My favorite pizza place in Charlotte is a Browns hangout so I have had this discussion with the owner many times before.

 

I want someone to shake up the AFC North and I think Manziel is that person.

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The Jets are in a very good spot. Not sure you're paying attention to them lately. I see them winning 11 games and make the playoffs. As of right now they have better weapons and OL than us and their defense is probably equal to ours.

Being coached by Rex Ryan isn't 'a good spot'.

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