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Johnny Manziel signs his rookie contract

NFL: 2014 NFL Draft

May 8, 2014; New York, NY, USA; Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M) gestures as he walks across the stage after being selected as the number twenty-two overall pick in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft to the Cleveland Browns at Radio City Music Hall. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Brad Penner

Believe it or not, Johnny Manziel has managed to do something with no drama whatsoever.

He signed his rookie contract.

The Browns just announced the first-round quarterback had signed his four-year contract.

In the old days, the negotiations might have become a sideshow, a distraction, the kind of thing that could take on a life of its own.

It almost makes you wistful for the old days.