BEREA, Ohio -- Johnny Manziel said Wednesday that the actions that led to his demotion were his responsibility, and he has no personal animus toward Cleveland Browns coach Mike Pettine.

"Like I said earlier in the year when everything happened, whether I liked the situation or not and liked the outcome of what happened, I had a part in that too," Manziel said as he and the Browns prepare for Sunday's game in Kansas City. "I had to take responsibility and own up to that. It was on nobody else but me.

"It wasn't Coach Pettine's fault that I did what I did. It was on my end taking responsibility.

"There's no grudges. There's no hate or anything like that."

Manziel referred to a time earlier in the season when he was given the starting job, then had it taken away after he lied about the timing of a social media video showing him partying in Austin, Texas, that appeared after the team's bye week. Manziel did not play in the next two games; he regained the starting job after Josh McCown broke his collarbone and Austin Davis struggled in a loss to Cincinnati.

Manziel said after Sunday's loss in Seattle that he hoped Pettine and the coaching staff would be back. He reiterated that point Wednesday, but admitted the decision is "way, way above my pay grade."

Pettine said he likes Manziel and also has no personal grudge toward the second-year quarterback.

"If you just eliminate that incident where I felt like I was doing my job and doing what was best for the team and doing what was best for him -- hopefully, he respects that," Pettine said. "But I also know from an interaction standpoint, that when he is here, I have a ton of respect for him because of what he has gone through personally and how he has earned the respect of the guys around him. We all know what he did, but at the same time the players, when you hear other players come out and support him, it is because they see it."

Pettine said that "football trust" is there with Manziel.