Reporter Says He Heard Johnny Manziel Showed Up To Browns Facility 'Disheveled And Inebriated'

BEREA, Ohio (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Johnny Manziel is again making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

During a postgame show on ESPN Radio's Cleveland affiliate Sunday, analyst Tony Grossi said he had heard the troubled Cleveland Browns quarterback showed up to the practice facility "disheveled and inebriated" last week and was sent home.

Grossi asked coach Mike Pettine, who was fired Sunday, about whether the alleged incident occurred Tuesday.

"He denied that that happened on Tuesday," Grossi said. "But other people I've talked to said that it happened the next day, on Wednesday."

Manziel was inactive Sunday after suffering a concussion Dec. 27 and was not required to attend Cleveland's season finale. But Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said the quarterback missed a medical treatment at the team's facility Sunday morning, a day after he was reportedly seen dining and gambling in Las Vegas. The Browns were unsure of Manziel's whereabouts Sunday.

The Heisman Trophy winner was back at the team's headquarters Monday as the Browns regrouped one day after a season-ending loss to Pittsburgh and the firings of Pettine and general manager Ray Farmer.

Manziel did not come into the locker room to speak with reporters.

Manziel is no strangers to stories linking him to alcohol. He has often been seen partying in Las Vegas, appeared in an online video in which he appeared intoxicated while pretending a brick of cash was a cellphone and was photographed drinking out of a bottle while floating in water on an inflatable swan.

He spent 10 weeks in rehab for unspecified treatment last year. But in October, when he was questioned by police about a domestic incident, Manziel admitted to drinking earlier in the day.

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