Brian Hoyer or Johnny Manziel? The long term answer is obvious, and there will be plenty of season previews in the future to dissect and analyze Johnny Manziels game, but for now the former Heisman Trophy winner and 22nd overall draft pick will start the year as a backup QB. In a typical year where a team invests a high draft pick on a quarterback, the combination of that team not having anyone better on the roster and the promise of the new guy leads to an easy decision for coaches, to go with the promise and start the rookie right out of the gate. But while Manziel certainly fits the role of QB with potential, the Browns may still have a better option in holdover Brian Hoyer. The 28-year-old journeyman QB started three games for the Browns last year, after the team mercifully gave up on the Brandon Weeden experiment and before he was lost for the year with a knee injury. In Hoyers three starts, he threw for 615 yards and five touchdowns to three interceptions, completing nearly 60 percent of his passes. Perhaps more importantly, Hoyers three starts accounted for three of the teams four wins on the season. In a perfect world, the undrafted free agent would have escaped Kiko Alonsos tackle and played out the rest of the year. In that scenario the Browns would have a better idea if Hoyer is a legit talent or just a mediocre QB who got injured before he could come back down to earth from his hot streak. Now ex-general manager Michael Lombardi was Hoyers biggest fan and the new regime drafted Manziel in the first round for a reason, but that doesnt mean they wont employ the veteran at least as a stop-gap. “I would say its a tall task, for a couple reasons,” head coach Mike Pettine told The Chronicle-Telegram of Manziels chances of starting Week 1. “One, hes a rookie coming in learning the system. Hes learning something thats completely new to him, so hes got all new verbiage and reads and that type of thing working against him.” “And then the guy (Hoyer) hes competing with is an NFL veteran whos learned from one of the best in the game, whos very prepared, very focused. Its a very true statement, it will be difficult.” Still, Manziel is no doubt the future, and unless the Browns start 3-0 under Hoyer the sooner the better for Browns fans. Manziel has been good in camp, slowly stealing first-team reps from Hoyer, and putting up a 30-59 for 296 yards and two touchdowns line in the preseason. Most believe Manziels time will come midway through the season, probably around the same time the Jacksonville Jaguars start Blake Bortles and maybe even when the Oakland Raiders turn to Derek Carr. It wont be until then that the rookie QB race is on and all eyes will be on Manziel, and not just Monday to Saturday. Notes Whether its Hoyer or Manziel, either would have benefited from the presence of receiver Josh Gordon, who is arguably a top three pass catcher in the league. But it looks like thats not going to be the case. Gordon, who led the league in receiving yards with 1,646 last year, will be suspended for multiple marijuana busts. The Browns conducted the longest head coaching search of the off-season this year, after firing Rod Chudzinski after just one season. Mike Pettine may end up being a solid choice, but it would be hard for the Browns to argue he was there first choice. After seeing a number of candidates accept other positions, or stay in their current situations, Pettine seemed closer to a leftover hire than a coach in demand. While Manziel dominated all the headlines in early May, he was only the second player taken by the Browns after CB Justin Gilbert was nabbed with the eighth overall pick. Gilbert, like high second round pick Joel Bitonio, an offensive tackle out of Nevada, arent nearly as flashy as Manziel but should be stable talents and building blocks for the Browns for years to come. Two of the Browns big free agent signings are NFL talents for sure, but may not be as good as the guy theyre tasked with replacing. After releasing longtime Browns linebacker DQwell Jackson, Cleveland signed former Arizona Cardinals LB Karlos Dansby and once safety T.J. Ward left via free agency, the Browns grabbed the next best safety on the market in Donte Whitner. Two other intriguing free agent signings were RB Ben Tate and WR Andrew Hawkins. Each have shown flashes of talent in their limited roles before signing on for bigger roles in Cleveland. Luis Lopez Jersey . Lost to Los Angeles in first round of playoffs. 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PETERSBURG, Fla.KUUSAMO, Finland - Finlands latest cross country star Iivo Niskanen won the first mens distance race of the World Cup cross country season on Sunday.Niskanen finished the 15-kilometre classic race on the Ruka track in 35 minutes, 9.4 seconds.Defending World Cup champion, Martin Johnsrud Sundby of Norway, took second in 35:19.7.Finnish veteran Sami Jauhojaervi was third in 35:21.9, one tenth of a second ahead of Norways Niklas Dyrhaug.The 23-year-old Niskanen won the team sprint gold at the Sochi Olympics, pairing with the 33-year-old Jauhojaervi.The victory was not a big surprise for Niskanen, a brash youngster hailed as a budding superstar.I have competed here many times and knew the track, and I had decided to take a little off my maximum in certain parts. It worked well, with Sami Jauhojaervi and me on the podium. I like the look of this yellow jersey, but I cant wear it for long, Im not going to the next races in Lillehammer, Niskanen said.He received the traditional yellow jersey as a World Cup leader, tied with Fridays sprint winner, Norwegian Eirik Brandsdal.Niskanen will not add any points to his tally nextt weekend because he will be attending a presidential gala held once a year on Finlands independence day, Dec.dddddddddddd 6. Olympic winners are usually invited to attend.Two Canadians finished in the top 20. Alex Harvey of Quebec City finished seventh while Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., was 14th.It was a bit of a surprise for me. The hills are so steep here and I have never had good races in Kuusamo, said Harvey. It is always super tight here. I was just hoping to get into the points today. The skis were good, but Im just a bit surprised.The womens 10-kilometre classic race was won by Norways Therese Johaug in 25 minutes, 47.2 seconds.At the first intermediate station, 1.4 kilometres in, Johaug had already built a 9.2-second gap.Im really happy, for this was my first (World Cup) victory in classic and I was never on the podium in this race before, Johaug said. My technique, my pace and the skis, everything was so good.Johaugs compatriot Marit Bjoergen trailed by 42.2 seconds, and third-place Charlotte Kalla of Sweden was 44.1 seconds slower.Emily Nishikawa of Whitehorse finished in 38th place. ' ' '