Manziel spotted partying with champagne during bye
Johnny Manziel couldn’t make it through the Browns’ bye week without being a distraction.
Manziel, who promised last week that he wouldn’t embarrass Cleveland’s organization while the team was off, spent time partying in Texas and then hanging out at Saturday’s Ohio StateMichigan State game in Columbus, Ohio.
On Monday, a video surfaced of the secondyear quarterback holding a bottle of champagne and singing rap lyrics in a DJ’s booth at a club in Austin, Texas.
While Manziel did nothing illegal, the sight of him out on the town must be disconcerting to the Browns and coach Mike Pettine.
BRONCOS: Peyton Manning flew to Charlotte, on Monday for a second opinion on his left foot and coach Gary Kubiak announced Brock Osweiler would get his second straight start this week.
PANTHERS: The NFL announced backup defensive end Wes Horton was been suspended without pay for the team’s next four games for violating the NFL policy on performanceenhancing substances.
The league also announced injured wide receiver Stephen Hill, a former Jet, was suspended without pay for one game for violating the NFL’s policy and program for substances of abuse.
RAMS: The NFL is investigating whether correct concussion protocol was followed for quarterback Case Keenum late in Sunday’s loss at Baltimore.
A league spokesman said Monday a review was begun after the game “to determine the facts of the injury ... and why [Keenum] was not removed from the game for the necessary evaluation by a team physi cian or the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant, as required by our concussion protocols.”
SEAHAWKS: Uncertainty surrounding the health of Marshawn Lynch will likely mean rookie Thomas Rawls will start for a second straight week for Seattle.
Coach Pete Carroll said it’s unlikely Lynch would be able to play this week.