In the mid-1980’s, the Cleveland Browns boasted one of the NFL’s best franchises year-in and year-out.
The only problem is that they don’t have the hardware to back it up. However, they were exciting to watch, had zero quit in them, gave Clevelanders a sense of pride with their success, and won a ton of games.
Brian Brennan (5’-10”, 178 pounds) played for the Browns from 1984 to 1991. He was taken in the fourth-round of the 1984 NFL draft. He got a phone call in his dorm at Boston College from former Browns’ great Paul Warfield and head coach Sam Rutigliano telling him that he was now a Cleveland Brown although the club had never shown any interest in him prior to the draft.