Ray Farmer has taken the blame for drafting Johnny Manziel in 2014, but he says the entire Browns organization is culpable in being wholly unprepared for the tumultuous train wreck ahead.

“In Johnny’s case, I truly feel like a lot of people piled on the young man,” Farmer said Monday on ESPN’s “NFL Insiders.” “He’s done his share of helping everybody get on top of that bandwagon, but the reality is the responsibility is borne by both the club and the player.

“When the club doesn’t follow up on its end, it makes it that much easier for players to get off track,” he added.

Farmer, the Browns’ general manager during Manziel’s two seasons with the club, believes Cleveland’s front office failed to keep the substance-abusing Heisman Trophy winner from going astray.

“It’s celebrity,” Farmer shared. “This player had unique celebrity that I don’t think the league has seen in a lot of different players. A lot of guys come to the NFL and make their celebrity there, this young man came in with a Rolling-Stone-magazine-cover type of persona. That brings a whole new element of how you try to handle the person that comes with it.”

Farmer, who was fired just before last season’s finale, did not specify what the Browns could have done differently. The one interlude of personal progress for Manziel came when he entered rehab before the 2015 season. More than a year later, Manziel could not be in a more different place.

After Cleveland cut ties with Manziel in March, the 23-year-old has continued to spiral out of control as he embraces unemployment from Sin City to New York. Like many of Manziel’s loved ones, Farmer hopes the quarterback can get his life in order before it’s too late.

“I’m concerned for the person more than I am the player,” Farmer said. “Whether Johnny plays another down in the National Football League is not my concern. I do hope the young man finds the help that he needs to put himself back together.”