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Former Jets coach won't be back with the Packers
Green Bay defensive coordinator Mike Pettine won't return to the team next season and special teams coordinator Shawn Mennenga has been fired after the Packers' second straight NFC Championship loss...
NFL title games have plenty Giants, Jets representation
Neither the Jets nor Giants will be playing Sunday in either of the NFL conference championship games. Neither, of course, even made the postseason. In both of the AFC and...
No love lost between these two NFC Championship coaches
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers head coach, and Packers defensive coordinator Mike Pettine have a somewhat contentious history. When Pettine — the ex-Jets defensive coordinator — was...
Johnny Manziel surfaces, firmly entrenched in Browns limbo
Johnny Manziel is no longer MIA. The polarizing quarterback, who failed to show up at the Browns' facility on Sunday to meet with team doctors, has resurfaced in Cleveland a...
Browns fire Mike Pettine in punchline-ready shakeup
CLEVELAND — The Browns changed uniforms to start the season and their coach and general manager to end it. Hours after a 28-12 loss to the rival Pittsburgh Steelers in...
NFL teams lining up (and firing?) to land Chip Kelly
After the Eagles trashed Chip Kelly, a few NFL suitors are seeing treasure in the one-time wunderkind. Rumors abound over the Browns and 49ers eyeing the coach Philadelphia unceremoniously fired...
Johnny Manziel in vicious cycle of booze videos, hand-wringing
Johnny Manziel may be running out of second chances. Or is it third chances? It's sadly difficult to keep track. The troubled Cleveland Browns quarterback may be banished to the bench...
Johnny Manziel's turn to be Browns hero -- or test their spine
Mike Pettine did not need to say the words. At this point, they should be as obvious as his team’s league-worst 2-10 record. “It would be hard for me to...
Breaking down coaching hot seats: NFL headed for bloodbath
Everyone is hailed as Vince Lombardi when he gets the gig. But in the high-stakes world of the immediate gratification NFL, Winning Isn’t Everything, But It’s The Only Thing more...
Browns bench Johnny Manziel after QB's boozy weekend
Now he's Johnny No Football. Browns coach Mike Pettine dropped Johnny Manziel to the team's third-string quarterback following his latest frat boy behavior. Manziel had been given the starting job...
Browns coach seems intent on crushing Johnny Manziel
Perhaps you watched Thursday Night Football and saw glimmers of the electrifying play that once turned Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel into a phenomenon better known as Johnny Football: the thrilling...
Why Bill O'Brien's could face 'Hard Knocks' after quick QB hook
With all the games, backstories, injuries and developments in a given week in the NFL, it’s tough to know what to look for on Sundays. Here are the five things...
Marcus Mariota's brilliance and 17 other Week 1 reactions
The opening week of the NFL season is in the books, and there are rash judgments being made all across the land. The 1-0 teams are either on their way...
Less partying hasn't made Manziel a better quarterback, yet
Johnny Manziel's comeback tour is off to a rocky start. The second-year pro, who completed a stint in rehab earlier this year, has been gearing up to show the Browns -- and...
![Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is a "guy who cheat[s]," according to Browns coach Mike Pettine (inset).](https://cdn.statically.io/img/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/05/bradypettine.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=306&h=204&crop=1)
Browns coach bashes Brady: 'Lose respect for cheaters'
As speculation continued to mount that Tom Brady will be suspended by the NFL next week, it appeared to be open season on the Patriots’ embattled star Friday. NFL commissioner...
Browns afraid of 'Hard Knocks' glare on post-rehab Manziel
As Johnny Manziel prepares to possibly leave rehab and join the Browns for offseason workouts within the next month, the last thing he needs is being shoved under more of...
Browns coach: Manziel in 'better place,’ but we're looking for QB
INDIANAPOLIS — Browns coach Mike Pettine visited Johnny Manziel in the treatment facility the quarterback checked into last month to let him know the team is proud he decided to...
It should be Johnny Football time for Browns
It's time to give the football to Johnny Football. Throw him into the fire and let's see what he's got. Mike Pettine gave Brian Hoyer (2 INTs) one last chance...
Like it or not, not starting Johnny Football is right call for Browns
Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine got it right by deciding to start Brian Hoyer on Sunday against the Colts. It is in the best interests of the Browns and in...
It shouldn't be Johnny Football's turn, yet
The Blake Bortles Era is in progress in Jacksonville. The Teddy Bridgewater Era is on in Minnesota. The Derek Carr Era is on in Oakland. And now Cleveland waits on...