Final week, Colin Cowherd revealed on The Herd that his sources have been telling him the Cleveland Browns have been going to make a splash subsequent 12 months, within the type of Arch Manning and Nick Saban.
Nevertheless, Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam spoke to the media on Tuesday, and he wasn’t precisely fanning the flames of that fireside.
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In actual fact, Haslam would not even imagine the younger Manning might be on an NFL roster subsequent season.
“You’re within the enterprise and also you receives a commission by what number of hits you get,” Haslam stated. “I believe if you understand the Manning household, I’d wager — and I don’t know Arch in any respect — I wager he stays in faculty two [more] years.
“I don’t even suppose that’s value discussing.”
Manning is eligible to enter the 2026 draft if he chooses to take action after he finishes his season at Texas (his first because the starter).
The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning noticed sport motion final 12 months, behind Quinn Ewers both on account of harm or blowouts, the place he threw for 939 yards with 9 touchdowns and two interceptions.
In an un-Manning-like style, he additionally rushed for 108 yards with 4 touchdowns on the bottom.
If the proprietor of the Browns, value a reported $8.5 billion, believes Manning will keep one other 12 months, it is perhaps a good suggestion to imagine him, contemplating the shut relationship Haslam shares with the Manning household.
And if Haslam is appropriate, that spells nice information for Shedeur Sanders. Somebody that Haslam additionally mentioned on Tuesday afternoon.
“We’ve good course of,” Haslam stated, by way of Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com.
“We had a dialog early that morning after which we had a dialog later that day. I believe we had the appropriate folks concerned within the dialog.
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“And the tip of the day, that’s [G.M.] Andrew Berry’s name. Andrew made the decision to choose Shedeur.”
Does that sound like Haslam is a fan of Sanders? Laborious to inform, however he clearly is not taking any accountability in bringing him into the group.
Now, may he have instructed Berry anytime through the draft that he did not need his basic supervisor to draft the son of Deion Sanders? And would Berry have listened? Completely, with out query.
If what Haslam stated involves be true, then Cowherd couldn’t have been anymore improper.
Final week on The Herd, he revealed that each Saban and Manning may discover themselves on the shores of Lake Erie.
“That is the worst-kept secret within the South,” Cowherd stated. “Haslam, Jimmy, proprietor of the Browns, large SEC-Tennessee booster, leans closely on the Manning household.
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“Very near the Manning household. Sure, that is not make imagine. Arch Manning is a part of the Manning household, and that is the place Nick Saban is available in.
“Saban is extremely near not solely Jimmy Haslam, however Saban is near the Manning household as effectively. Saban, if he may land, I am instructed, a prime quarterback like Harbaugh going to the Chargers for Herbert, he would take a telephone name for the NFL.
“There are two groups assured to be terrible this 12 months within the NFL: Cleveland and the Saints. Nick Saban has coached in Cleveland with the Browns beneath the Belichick employees, and he is coached at LSU.
“This isn’t a conspiracy concept. Haslam’s circle of belief, in line with an article within the Athletic final 12 months, is the Manning household, Jimmy Sexton and Invoice Parcells. Sexton is Nick Saban’s agent.
“The Mannings are royalty in New Orleans, the youngsters’s hospital in New Orleans is known as the Mannings Kids’s Hospital, and the Mannings are royalty to Jimmy Haslam.
“Jimmy Haslam additionally loves headlines. That is why he pushed to draft Johnny Manziel and Baker Mayfield. They have been probably the most talked about quarterbacks. It is why he signed a ridiculous assure contract for Deshaun Watson, it might get mentioned.
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“This isn’t a conspiracy concept. The circle of belief for Haslam is the Manning household and Jimmy Sexton and Saban.
“This story is a poorly saved secret. The Mannings, Haslam, Jimmy Sexton, Nick Saban. Saban is just not going to school, however he would take a name within the NFL.”
At this level subsequent 12 months, Sanders might be coming off an exceptional rookie season, and Manning might be again in Austin trying to repeat as nationwide champions. Who is aware of? Crazier issues have occurred.