The Sports Xchange

Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has been released from a rehab treatment facility after more than two months, ESPN.com reported Saturday.

The Browns had expected Manziel to be out of rehab in time to participate in the team’s workouts, which start April 20. He entered the treatment facility on Jan. 28 for an undisclosed problem.

Manziel will come back to a new challenger for Cleveland’s quarterback job — veteran Josh McCown signed with the Browns after one season in Tampa Bay, and 2014 starter Brian Hoyer left via free agency to join the Houston Texans — and again be the focus of questions and doubts about his ability to function in the NFL, on and off the field.

Manziel was visited at the treatment facility by coach Mike Pettine among others.

“When he is back, it will be full speed ahead for him,” Pettine said last month at the NFL owners meetings in Phoenix. “I think he’s very anxious at this point. Football, it’s a back seat. For his football life to get it where it needs to be, he needs to get the personal life where it needs to be. … This takes precedence, so however long of time he needs, the football will be there when he gets out.”

The Browns are taking his commitment to his health as a positive sign for his future. A first-round pick in 2014, Manziel scored on his opening drive in an NFL game — in relief of Hoyer — but otherwise looked lost on the field last season.

Manziel started two games and completed 18 of 35 passes for 175 yards and added nine rushes for 29 yards. He was placed on injured reserve after injuring his hamstring in Week 16 against the Carolina Panthers.