Johnny Manziel retiring the “money” sign

A sad day indeed, Cleveland.

Johnny Football addressed the media this afternoon for the first time since December 29th of last year. Here are some snippets:

Johnny Manziel meeting with media. #Browns pic.twitter.com/k51aChuSNz

— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) June 17, 2015

Manziel says "Johnny Football" persona became too much for him to handle. #Browns

— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) June 17, 2015

Manziel says he should have done better job ducking spotlight, suppressing hype around him. #Browns

— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) June 17, 2015

#Browns coach Mike Pettine says Manziel has improved "in all the little things it takes to be an NFL quarterback."

— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) June 17, 2015

#browns manziel: "I'm not giving up on the fact that they brought me in here to be a first round pick"

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) June 17, 2015

#browns manziel graded his performance last year as a "disaster"

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) June 17, 2015

#browns manziel: "the money sign will not be back"

— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) June 17, 2015

I think I’m with most people when I say I’ll believe in this “changed” Johnny when I see it, but if we’re being honest I was really only off the JFF train for like a week at the end of last season.

RIP to the Money Sign even though the entire stadium will be doing it if Johnny does anything even remotely productive at any point during the entire season.

This move, however….very much still in play.