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Browns notebook: Mike Pettine says he fired Dowell Loggains for not holding Johnny Manziel accountable

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CLEVELAND: Browns coach Mike Pettine revealed in a recent interview that he fired Dowell Loggains as the team’s quarterbacks coach in January for failing to hold Johnny Manziel accountable during his dumpster fire of a rookie season.

“What we did not do a good enough job here [last year], not nearly a good enough job, is holding [Manziel] accountable, even when he wasn’t the guy,” Pettine told Sports Illustrated’s Jenny Vrentas on Tuesday. “That’s the main reason why I made the switch at the QB coach position.”

Manziel’s lack of adequate focus, dedication and preparation culminated in the Cincinnati Bengals thrashing him — and the Browns 30-0 — during his Dec.