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Johnny Manziel says his 'money sign' will not be back
For the first time this offseason, Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel met with the media Wednesday on the heels of a tumultuous rookie campaign and a 10-week stint in rehab.
The first-round pick was contrite and apologetic about the distractions he brought to the team last year, but made it clear he’s ready to move forward and focus on football.
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Among the changes Manziel will make for the future includes retiring his trademark “money sign.”
“The money sign will not be back. I will not be making it out there,” Manziel said.
Manziel’s off-field life captured headlines for much of the 2014 season and now the second-year quarterback known as “Johnny Football” wants to move past that.
"I feel bad about that today," Manziel said. “I feel bad about that throughout the last months of my life really thinking back and seeing how much of my life outside of this field and outside of this locker room was documented. It's not fair for [cornerback] Joe Haden to be having to answer questions about me every day. It's not fair for [tackle] Joe Thomas and all these guys to just continue to have questions asked about me. I don't think that's fair at all and I don't want that on them.”
Manziel, who characterized his rookie season as “a disaster,” admitted he has talked about making changes to his lifestyle in the past but did not follow through. Now he wants to make it a reality.
“Actions speak way louder than words. Now I think I’m doing the right things and taking the right steps necessary,” Manziel said.
Manziel looked unprepared in his two starts as a rookie. Browns head coach Mike Pettine said Wednesday that he has noticed a difference in Manziel this time around in “all the little things it takes to be an NFL quarterback.”
Manziel has worked with the second-team offense behind veteran free-agent acquisition Josh McCown throughout the offseason, and that continued at Wednesday’s minicamp. Manziel said he still has things to learn and is focusing on improving as an individual and a quarterback.
“I’m doing some good things and I’m doing some bad things. I think that’s part of the OTA season. Some days you come out and you feel like you have it down, and the next day the defense will throw wrinkles at you and you have to go back to the film and evaluate.”
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