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Johnny Manziel’s former coach who lived with him this past spring says he’s concerned to hear Browns backup quarterback drinking again

Johnny Manziel’s former high school offensive coordinator who lived with the backup quarterback of the Browns for a couple of months this past spring told USA Today he’s concerned to hear Manziel is drinking again.

“If he asked me if I thought drinking was a good idea, I would say absolutely not,” Scott told USA Today on Saturday. “You’d have to have your head examined if you said, ‘It’s OK to go have a couple.’”

Manziel spent more than 10 weeks in the offseason in an inpatient rehabilitation facility specializing in alcohol and drug addiction treatment, then asked Scott to live with him upon being discharged in early April.