Browns coach Mike Pettine said Wednesday that "repercussions would be harsh" if quarterback Johnny Manziel has another off-field transgression.
"(It's) hard to put things in a vacuum," Pettine said. "I don't want to sit here and say, 'Look at the degree of discipline.' It's hard to say we have a zero tolerance policy. If something were to occur, I imagine the repercussions would be harsh."
Pettine said he wasn't ready for the scope of Manziel's issues.
"You see the reputation, what was out there," he said of pre-draft analysis. "I don't think we anticipated that his problems, his issues, how deep-rooted they were, the extent of it.