After experiencing the highest highs and lowest lows, Johnny Manziel told media he will no longer be doing his trademark money sign.

No more "Money" Manziel. The Cleveland Browns' much maligned Quarterback wants to bury that character. After his highly publicized, very personal, off-the-field- issues landed him in rehab, Manziel is trying his best to leave the worst parts of him behind. Apparently, taunting on the field and rubbing his fingers together with imaginary money are on the list of things that need to go.

He admitted to reporters that the persona started to overtake who he was as a person. The first step in becoming a better team player is to eliminate the ego.

"I feel bad about that throughout the last months of my life really thinking back and seeing how much of my life outside of this field and outside of this locker room was documented," Manziel said. "It's not fair for Joe Haden to be having to answer questions about me every day. It's not fair for Joe Thomas and all these guys to just continue to have questions asked about me. I don't think that's fair at all and I don't want that on them."

A little slice of humble pie does the body good. Not only will Manziel's choice to ditch the antics help him earn credibility with his teammates and franchise, it will help him save his neck.

NFL defenders didn't exactly take kindly to his braggadocious manor, and he ended up seeing more opponents doing his trademark taunt than he was able to display himself. They wanted him to put his money where his mouth was. Manziel is choosing to respond by putting away his money and shutting his mouth. He admitted his rookie year was a disaster. Time to try again.

In order to put the "Money Manziel" period behind him, he had a bit of legal tidying to do. He acquired the rights to the trademarks Johnny Baseball, Johnny Basketball, Johnny Sports, Johnny Golf and Johnny Soccer from a company named Already LLC, according to ESPN. He's going to have to live with the Johnny Football label, but he would much rather go back to being called that than the other, much more unfortunate, nicknames the internet and harsh critics have used to attack the struggling young athlete.

At least he wants to change. At least he is going through the proper steps to achieve that change. So many other athletes have wandered down the same path Manziel did and never came back. He should be thankful so many people care about him. He easily could have ruined his career and life. Cheer for his path back to health, not for a precipitant fall back out of grace.

Camera will still follow him. It will be his job to make them go away. No scandal, no cameras. No drama, no distractions. No media, no pressure. It's up to him now.

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