LANDOVER, Md. -- Cleveland Browns quarterabck Johnny Manziel extended his middle finger toward the Washington Redskins bench after a third-quarter incompletion during Monday night's preseason game.
Manziel flipped the bird toward the Redskins after he threw the play that unfolded in front of Washington's bench.
He was not penalized, though he could have been for unsportsmanlike conduct or taunting.
The NFL no doubt will review the tape, and Manziel will be subject to an $11,025 fine. He can appeal his first fine, and it can be limited to 25 percent of a weekly check of close to $6,200.
The gesture occurred with 2:28 left in the third quarter.
On a second-and-7 play, Manziel dropped back, rolled left to escape the rush and threw across his body just before reaching the sidelines. The pass to Jonathan Krause fell incomplete.
Manziel may have heard something from the home bench, because as he trotted back to the huddle in the nationally televised game he extended his middle finger over his right shoulder toward the bench.
It wouldn't have been the first time Manziel was "mocked" by the Redskins.
Brian Orakpo celebrated a teammate's sack of Manziel in the first quarter by giving Manziel's Drake/money gesture, for which he is well known.
After forcing the Browns to punt with Manziel at quarterback, Orakpo stopped near the yard marker in front of the Redskins sideline and again gave the money sign.
Manziel had struggled throughout the game -- going 5-for-13 for 49 yards and one sack before the gesture.
He completed the drive after the gesture with a touchdown that came on a short drop pass that Dion Lewis ran into the end zone.
Information from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter was used in this report.
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