CLEVELAND (AP) β Bernie Kosar, the Browns’ best quarterback in the past 30 years, says the team’s front office lacks vision and switching to rookie Johnny Manziel “is a recipe for disaster.”
Kosar delivered a harsh critique of his former team in an interview with WTAM radio Monday. Kosar, whose contract as a preseason TV analyst was not renewed last summer, says the Browns’ current regime doesn’t “know how to lead and organize and set a culture to play winning football.”
Manziel made his first start Sunday and played poorly in a 30-0 loss to Cincinnati. Kosar called the Browns’ constant rotation of quarterbacks β Manziel is the 21st starter since 1999 β part of a “systemic” problem within the organization.
Kosar says building up Manziel’s first start is “what bad organizations do … You can’t put these kids in these spots. It’s almost abuse.”
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