Dowell Loggains concluded his phone interview Thursday with Bo Mattingly of ESPN Arkansas by saying "No problem."

Have untruer words ever been spoken?

Because Browns quarterback coach Loggains basically blew to smithereens two of the important narratives the team has been trying to make sure people knew since they drafted Johnny Manziel. And Loggains did it while saying there was no "cone of secrecy" over the Browns' draft moves as far as he was concerned.

Consider the following set of quotes.

General manager Ray Farmer on the draft's final day: "I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that Jimmy Haslam at no point demanded, requested or tried to influence the process in any way."

Loggains after receiving a text from Manziel urging the Browns to draft him so he and the team could "wreck this league" (a classic phrase in its own right): " ... when I got that text, I forwarded it to the owner and to the head coach. I'm like, 'This guy wants to be here. He wants to be part of it.' Soon as that happened, Mr. Haslam said, 'All right, pull the trigger, we're trading up to go get this guy.'"

According to a source inside the draft room who witnessed a lot of things coming together as the Browns tried to acquire the pick that would be Manziel, the text was sent and Haslam's statement was more inspirational and cheerleading than mandate.

No team does months of work, study and assessment and then blows up a draft board based on a draft-night text. To think that happens is preposterous. But Loggains presented his version with absolute certainty, with nary a hint of doubt in his voice.

Then there are these two quotes.

From Haslam, to the lunch crowd at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Monday: "We were frank [with Manziel] on Friday ... you're the backup quarterback."

From Loggains on the radio, while admitting Manziel has to work on fundamentals: "I think we can throw him out there right now and I think he's going to be one of the most exciting players in the NFL."

The Browns believe the two statements are not incongruous, that anyone enters as a backup, even an exciting player. But there still is quite a disparity.

On the one hand, the Browns have an owner and a GM and a head coach insisting that the owner did not force the selection and the celebrated pick has to earn his way (doesn't the latter notion seem more and more laughable as each day passes?).

Then they have a quarterback coach, a guy well down on the organization and coaching hierarchy, evidently going on an Arkansas (?) radio station on his own and bringing to light a completely different narrative.

This from a team that refused to talk with the local media about whether Nate Burleson had broken his arm in the offseason and promised it would not talk about player injuries at all. A team that asks the local media to "request" an assistant coach 24 hours in advance and relay the topic of the story so the assistant coach can be prepared.

Then it has one of its own coaches on the air in Arkansas spilling the entire bucket.

While the Browns try to put a lid on a pressure cooker and keep things contained on the Manziel mania before training camp, one of their own turned the heat up so high under the cooker it blew the lid right through the ceiling. Evidently the best way to get a story out is to go to a state and radio station far, far away.

You want to credit Loggains for telling the truth. If our kids don't tell the truth, well we tend to get angry. The same standard should apply for adults.

Loggains did say other things that were consistent with what had been said. He said Manziel was always at the top of the team's quarterback board; earlier in the week coach Mike Pettine said the team considered Manziel at No. 4, but no other quarterbacks.

Loggains said the Browns tried to trade with Tennessee and Dallas but backed out. Farmer had admitted discussions with Tennessee.

There also was the usual pablum about Manziel "grinding in the meeting rooms" and how Manziel has been "a great teammate." For all of four days.

Loggains even added this about Manziel going through the draft process: "I think he's learned how to say no."

Tack that statement on the next picture from a party at a private New York club and the next TMZ shot at Manziel leaving some club or event in the wee hours. He's allowed to have fun and it's fine, but let's not pretend he's become a saint because he got drafted.

It will be good when all this finally translates to the field. Because then Manziel will either play well or he won't.

But in just a few days since he was drafted the Manziel story has spun like the Tasmanian Devil. Remember what the devil looked like when it stopped? Grunting and panting and just standing there? That's the perception people now have of the Browns. Spinning and stopping. Spinning and stopping.

If Haslam wanted Manziel and liked Manziel -- something else Loggains admitted -- then so be it. The guy paid a billion dollars for his team, and he's entitled to like a guy. He's even entitled to urge his drafting. He's the owner.

The city won't care and the fans won't care if Manziel walks in acting like the starter, nor will they care if Haslam influenced the pick. Browns fans are happy to have him, and they want him to act like he's the guy.

They'll only care if he's mishandled, or if he is lousy on the field.

As for the Browns, it's kind of amazing many thought the storyline in "Draft Day" was preposterous. Maybe it's time for a high-level meeting in a deserted water park.