The circumstances suggest that the Browns no longer believe in quarterback Johnny Manziel. The words from his position coach reflect otherwise.
“My thoughts on Johnny have not changed,” Kevin O’Connell said, via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “I thought very highly of him when I got a chance to work with him before the draft. We spent a lot of time in the classroom obviously talking about the NFL game from a defensive perspective as well getting ready to play the hardest position there is really and how he would transition to that.”
O’Connell worked with Manziel before the 2014 draft, prior to becoming the Cleveland quarterbacks coach.