I tend to agree. I don't condone their actions but it probably wouldn't be a big deal if it was someone else.I fail to see why this would be a big deal on par with cheating that would merit the confiscation of a draft pick, or even any punishment at all.
They covered for his ass.... So what?
The NFL does get pretty serious about their injury reports though for whatever reason. If they lied on that it could be an issue. But my understanding is the Browns have the medical reports to back their side up.I fail to see why this would be a big deal on par with cheating that would merit the confiscation of a draft pick, or even any punishment at all.
They covered for his ass.... So what?
Don't be so sure. There is a PR aspect. Plus cutting him right away would have had significant cap ramifications to boot. I can see them trying to hide it.Why would the Brown's go out of the way like this to cover for Manziel, they have had no issues before disciplining him before.
If he had showed up to practice drunk I am pretty shure they would have cut or suspended him and they would not have waited this long to say they were cutting him.
Agreed.I fail to see why this would be a big deal on par with cheating that would merit the confiscation of a draft pick, or even any punishment at all.
They covered for his ass.... So what?
I was not talking about cutting him right away it was about doing earlier what they ended up doing just say they are moving on.Don't be so sure. There is a PR aspect. Plus cutting him right away would have had significant cap ramifications to boot. I can see them trying to hide it.
Not easy to admit the guy is shooting your whole organization the middle finger right at the end of a shitty season.
Exactly. Like this doesn't happen all the time.I fail to see why this would be a big deal on par with cheating that would merit the confiscation of a draft pick, or even any punishment at all.
They covered for his ass.... So what?
The climate for tolerating behavior in the nfl 20 years ago was enormously different than it is today.Exactly. Like this doesn't happen all the time.
Daily occasion for Barry Switzer during the Cowboys mid-90's collapse.
At one point Jerry Jones paid off Everett McIver to keep him from pressing charges against Michael Irvin for stabbing him in the neck with scissors. Next to that cover-up, Manziel showing up drunk is model-citizenship.
It really shouldn't have been tolerated then either. That's one reason we collapsed. Jerry and Barry instilled zero discipline and let them get away with anything.The climate for tolerating behavior in the nfl 20 years ago was enormously different than it is today.
I agree, but I'm referring to NFL league office discipline.It really shouldn't have been tolerated then either. That's one reason we collapsed. Jerry and Barry instilled zero discipline and let them get away with anything.
It definitely has, no doubt. It's been Goodell's mantra for sure and enforcing behavioral guidelines is what he's hung his hat on.The climate for tolerating behavior in the nfl 20 years ago was enormously different than it is today.
I suspect he's been part of the DFW metroplex in some way or another most of his life. Obviously most of his legal trouble went down in Fort Worth, and I think his girl friend is from Deep Ellum. I think that level of social mobility enables you to be "from" several places.Kerrville isn't in North Texas, it's just a few miles NW of San Antonio.
Don't wake him yet.Booze?:
What?Booze?:
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