Bridgewater: No interest in Cleveland. Meanwhile, Browns will limit minicamp media coverage

[Auggie]

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said in an interview Tuesday on "The Dan Patrick Show" that he wouldn't have wanted to play for the Cleveland Browns had he been drafted by the team.

Asked whether there was a possibility that he might have been picked by Cleveland, Bridgewater said: "There was a chance, but I actually told my agent that's not the place where I wanted to be. Throughout this entire process I felt comfortable with the Minnesota Vikings. Every visit that I had with the team, you know, there was a family environment and the players, great guys. A great group of guys. So I felt comfortable wanting to play here."

The former Louisville star was selected by Minnesota as the final pick of the first round Thursday, 10 spots after the Browns took Johnny Manziel.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10926184/teddy-bridgewater-says-want-play-cleveland-browns

In an effort to control the frenzy following the drafting of Johnny Manziel, the Cleveland Browns will limit media coverage to this weekend's rookie minicamp and other offseason activities.

Zak Gilbert, the team's director of communications, said media coverage for Saturday's rookie minicamp would be limited to regulars from the local Cleveland media and perhaps a few national writers -- though the team is still deciding what to do about the potential crush of national media.
In addition, anyone wishing to cover an offseason practice or minicamp must let the team know no later than 48 hours before the event.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10927616/cleveland-browns-limit-media-access-rookie-camp

I guarantee Manziel had no interest in Cleveland either.

[El Supremo]

1. I almost posted that news. >>

[joeybee12]

2. Every time I see this guy's name I think of Chris Christie...

Sounds sort of like the scandal.

[many a good man]

3. Johnny and the Browns are going to wreck this league

The legend of how Johnny Manziel landed in Cleveland with the Browns last Thursday night added another chapter Thursday.

A simple text from Manziel while he sat in the green room to Browns quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains during the NFL Draft set the wheels in motion and gave the Browns all the incentive they needed to make the move.

“We’re sitting there and they keep showing Johnny on TV and we’re going back and forth, Johnny and I are texting,” Loggains told Bo Mattingly, host of ‘SportsTalk With Bo Mattingly’ which airs weekdays on 5 Arkansas radio stations. “He shoots me a text that says, ‘I wish you guys would come get me. Hurry up and draft me because I want to be there and wreck this league together.’”

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/05/15/qb-coach-dowell-loggains-says-in-radio-interview-text-from-johnny-manziel-prompted-browns-to-draft-him/

[Auggie]

4. Guess I was wrong …

Manziel wanted to come to Cleveland.