Scorned and under siege — that’s how Art Modell felt after he moved his NFL club.
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“Now I know how Art Modell feels.”
Dean Spanos is reported to have uttered those seven words of pain.
The backlash from San Diegans, like the wrath of Clevelanders toward Modell, had reached Spanos after he and siblings chose to relocate the Chargers in January 2017.
The Browns had played 50 consecutive seasons in Cleveland.
The Chargers were uprooted after 56 years in San Diego, the longest continuous tenure of an NFL team before relocation.