BEREA, Ohio -- Johnny Manziel apologized Monday to his teammates for being a distraction and took full responsibility for partying too late and oversleeping for his Saturday morning treatment.



He said "it's 100 percent false'' that he had a party Friday night and that it led to Josh Gordon also missing the walk-through, but he acknowledged that he has to learn from his mistakes or he's going to be out of the league.



"There's nothing I can sit here and tell you (that will make this go away),'' he said. "I can't sit here and talk to these mics or these cameras or anything that's going to do any good. It's about actions, it's about being accountable and doing what I'm going to say instead of looking like a jackass."

After telling reporters on Tuesday that he had grown up and wasn't the same person, he partied late into the night on Friday with three friends who were in town from his hometown of Kerrville, Texas, and didn't wake up in time. The Browns had to send security personnel to his house to make sure he was OK.

"I was just letting my guard down a little bit,'' he said. "I think that's exactly what it was. It was a mistake by me and if I'm going to continue to not learn from some of these things -- because when I sat here and talked to you guys last Tuesday, there's not a bit of doubt that goes into my mind that I'm completely serious about everything that I'm talking about moving forward.

"But at the same time, you can sit here and say and talk and say this all you want, but when your actions don't reflect that, and you make a conscious decision to put yourself in the position that you stay out too late and not wake up the next morning, that's going to cause a lot of trouble, so I did that to myself.

"I brought this on myself. I brought these cameras and all these people that are in this locker room right now and I don't think it's fair to myself, I don't think it's fair to anybody in this locker room the distractions I've brought at points in time.

"So I'm sorry to these guys that are veterans in this locker room and know what it takes, that I'm having to learn the hard way. At the same time, I'm either going to learn or I'm going to be finding something else to do."

Manziel, who vowed Tuesday to dedicate himself to the game, said the Browns should keep the faith in him.

"I think I've been a work in progress throughout this year,'' he said. "There have been a lot of ups and downs. There have been some good things and bad things. You know but I'm still an extremely competitive person and know what I want to do in my life. I know what is important to me and now it is time to come in here, look at myself in the mirror and hold myself accountable and start making some deals with myself.

"These problems I'm doing in my life that are occurring every now and then are bumps, and things in the past have caught up to me. I need to start doing every single thing and everything the right way and if I don't I'm going to be exposed."

He acknowledged that he's cheated the fans, who embraced him from the moment he was drafted.

"I don't think I've been fair to them as well,'' he said. "I didn't come out and perform this year and that's what it comes down to. It was a different situation for me than I had been in the past. I'm upset with how I have handled things at times. I did grow up and then I took a step back. It is the same story with me. We're taking one step forward and then two steps back.

"Now it is really in my court. What do I want to do and what do I want to be known as? Do I want to be known as a guy who has been in this league two years and now doing something different with his life or come in here and compete, give this thing a fair chance and work my ass off to be the quarterback and person I know I am. Am I going to put the time in and do what I need to do to be successful and that's what it comes down to."

Manziel explained what happened Friday night, insisting that he didn't have a party.

"Yeah, I made a decision to go out on Friday night and that was really that, you know, it's unfortunate that it was reported the way it was,'' he said. "I woke up extremely upset Saturday morning, I felt bad I let my team down.

"Obviously, I wasn't a part of the game plan last week but at the same time I still need to be accountable to my teammates and be here and supporting those guys. So I was disappointed in myself and for that to be reported that I threw a party and was responsible for another individual on this team getting in trouble, which is 100 percent false.

"It sucks that I feel like the perception I've based around myself, you know I've done this to myself that that was allowed to be reported and people were allowed to just nod their head and act like that went on, when in fact it was completely untrue and it sucked to get up and have that perception on Sunday morning feeling as bad as I did already about what happened.''

Manziel explained that he partied with friends, but didn't throw a party.

"No, absolutely not,'' he said. "I had people in town who were staying with me this week but I mean if three people from Kerrville, Texas, are enough to warrant a party, well it might be, we're from Kerrville, so ... but it's absolutely ridiculous. I was irate about that yesterday and it's really shameful that they did report that that way and it was tied directly in with Josh as well.''

He said he was with Gordon, but not at night.

"I'm not Josh Gordon,'' he said. "I was with Josh Gordon at a point earlier in the day, but at nighttime, no I was not with Josh. I don't know what his whereabouts were. It's probably something you should ask him."

Gordon was not available for comment on getaway day in the locker room.

Manziel also said he wasn't intentionally favoriting tweets during the game. His account showed a favorite of a TMZ tweet about Chris Rock's divorce.

"I was on my phone and it was an accident,'' he said.