Johnny Manziel will start Cleveland's exhibition opener - on the sideline. Browns coach Mike Pettine chose Brian Hoyer the starting quarterback for Saturday's game in Detroit, giving the veteran the first chance to impress before Manziel takes the field. Pettine said the decision to start Hoyer was based on his performance so far in training camp. We did want to mix the groups up coming into it, as we did, but he's done nothing to have that taken away from him, so he'll be out there with the starters.'' Manziel took his first practice snaps with the first-team offense earlier this week.
More...