Either Jimmy Haslam is done with Johnny Manziel, or the Browns embattled owner simply wants the former Heisman winner to step up and take the job.
New offensive coordinator John DeFilippo expressed skepticism Thursday that Johnny Manziel is the answer to the Cleveland Browns’ decades-long quarterback problem. Haslem doesn’t care, but he made it clear that the Browns need to find a competent signal caller.
“We’ve got to get a quarterback and got to get it fixed,” Haslam said Thursday night, via the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. “What I would say to our fans is, we’re going to continue to work really hard to find that quarterback who can make us a championship team.”
Haslem didn’t rule out Manziel, but the love is no longer there either.
“Johnny has to show on and off the field he can be a professional,” Haslam continued. “He knows that. Everybody in the organization has told him that. It’ll be up to Flip and (coach Mike Pettine) to decide whether he can be the kind of quarterback we need him to be. He knows what we expect of him on and off the field, and it’s up to him to prove he can do that.”