Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel was reportedly fined earlier this week after arriving late for a team meeting and the first-round draft pick told reporters Saturday that he was, in fact, late for that session.
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The reason, it seems is that Manziel misread the team schedule and showed up at a time he thought was correct but ended up being very much the wrong time.
Per CBSSports.com:
"“I personally don’t think it had any decision on going into this week,” Manziel said. “I misread the schedule on Monday. I think we had to come in at 7:30 and I think it was the only day that we’ve had to come in at that time throughout camp and I was on time for what I thought was our normal 8:15 meeting time, so it was just a misinterpretation, a misreading of the schedule.“I sat down with coach [Mike] Pettine and I talked to him and we handled it and we’ve moved on.”"
According to the original report, another “couple rookies” also arrived late but, since they are not Jonathan C. (for “Cash,” of course) Football, those names have gone unreported (and likely uncared about).
"“Obviously it’s something [where] I just need to do a better job of reading the schedule the night before but it was an honest mistake and something I need to learn from and make sure it doesn’t happen again.”"
Manziel is sure to face much criticism from those in the media and in the social-media world who have never in their lives been late to a meeting, innocent mistake or otherwise.
Brian Hoyer has been announced by Pettine as the Browns’ starter for the team’s second preseason game, Monday night against Washington.