Yesterday I was going to put up a
post about the preseason game between the Cleveland Browns and the team whose
name shall not be mentioned.
Usually when I create a graphic
suitable for a football post, I have the two team mascots pictured in front of
the stadium where the game will be played.
I couldn’t go with that idea for last night’s game because the team
whose name shall not be mentioned no longer has a mascot, at least not a
politically correct one. I ditched the
idea and didn’t post anything.
For the purposes of full
disclosure, I grew up pulling for any team other than the team whose name shall
not be mentioned. Despite the fact that
I am not a fan, I was going to root for Washington because I loathe a certain arrogant
smart ass.
Back in February Barry Switzer, former head
coach for Oklahoma and the Dallas Cowboys, said
this about the immature, polarizing player:
"I'm
gonna tell you. I said Johnny Manziel is…I don't like his antics. I think he's
an arrogant little prick. I've said that
and I'll say it again. He's a privileged kid, he's embarrassed himself, he's
embarrassed his teammates, his program. He's embarrassed his coach. And they'll
all have to defend him because they have to coach. I know that. I spent 40
years in the damn game so I know how it works."
Linebacker Brian Orakpo and
the rest of the Redskins bench were having a little fun with the rookie. At one point in the first quarter, Orakpo
celebrated a teammate’s sack of the little snot by showing off his imitation of
Manziel’s “money gesture”. After forcing
the Browns to punt, Orakpo stopped near the yard marker in front of the
Redskins sideline and again gave the money sign.
With 2:28 left in the third
quarter, Manziel threw an incomplete pass.
A few words from the Redskins bench were hurled at him. As he walked back the huddle all butthurt, he
flipped them off. The gesture was caught
on national TV.
The Browns lost the game 24-23
and Manziel is expected to draw an $11,025 fine for his gesture.
"It did not sit well,"
Browns coach Mike Pettine said. "I was informed of it after the game and
it's disappointing. Because what we talk about is being poised and being
focused—that you have to be able to maintain your poise."
"That's a big part of all
football players, especially the quarterback, that we have to keep our
composure," Pettine said. "So that's something that we'll obviously
address with him."
Asked
in his postgame news conference if he thought it was wrong, Manziel
smiled before laughing.
“I felt like I did a good job of
holding my composure throughout the night, and you have a lapse of judgment and
slip up. I mean, I didn't think it was
positive," Manziel said, before adding he couldn't blame it on
distractions, repeating he had simply lost his composure.
Better get used to it little
man. Welcome to the NFL.
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