"Play like a Brown"
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I hear a few people complaining about the Mantra "Play like a Brown" and to me, this is something I can't really understand. I get tired of hearing people try to devalue this team by just looking at the team (short term) and stating that they haven't been good recently and so its a terrible slogan. But, I disagree, and to me it means to be a winner and this is why...
Baltimore Ravens
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 168-135-1
Playoff Record (all-time) : 15-8 (Last appearance after 2014 season)Cincinnati Bengals
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 326-395-3
Playoff Record (all-time) : 5-13 (Last appearance after 2014 season)**Cleveland Browns**
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 505-442-13
Playoff Record (all-time) : 16-20 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
Pittsburgh Steelers
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 580-524-20
Playoff Record (all-time) : 33-22 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
While not having the greatest playoff record, we have still managed to accumulate quite an impressive record, especially considering the woes of the team since its return. I guess my point is that we have a great franchise and to play like a Brown means a lot!
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Im warming up to it because it actually serves a purpose rather than just being lame coachspeak.
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To "Play Like A Brown" somehow got lost after we came back in the league. The font office and coaching changes and poor drafts didn't help. So I understand what Pettine is trying to accomplish. He wants winners. Players who don't give up in the third quarter, bide their time until free agency etc. Pettine has to change the culture of losing that outsiders perceive are the Browns. Just hearing that draftees mothers' don't want their sons to play in Cleveland is an example of how the football world has viewed us over the last decade.
I think this draft was the most important draft for many reasons. Building a team that competes will gain respect. Last year we were on the cusp until injuries marred our season.
Farmer and Pettine stuck to the plan ignoring criticism from so called experts. They didn't "sell the farm" for Mariota and I respect them for it. And we actually drafted quality players who wanted to come here.
Cleveland has a rich football history and it should be an honor to play for the Browns. Pettine has started what may be a new era in Cleveland.
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To "Play Like A Brown" somehow got lost after we came back in the league. The font office and coaching changes and poor drafts didn't help. So I understand what Pettine is trying to accomplish. He wants winners. Players who don't give up in the third quarter, bide their time until free agency etc. Pettine has to change the culture of losing that outsiders perceive are the Browns. Just hearing that draftees mothers' don't want their sons to play in Cleveland is an example of how the football world has viewed us over the last decade.
I think this draft was the most important draft for many reasons. Building a team that competes will gain respect. Last year we were on the cusp until injuries marred our season.
Farmer and Pettine stuck to the plan ignoring criticism from so called experts. They didn't "sell the farm" for Mariota and I respect them for it. And we actually drafted quality players who wanted to come here.
Cleveland has a rich football history and it should be an honor to play for the Browns. Pettine has started what may be a new era in Cleveland.
To "Play Like A Brown" somehow got lost after we came back in the league. The font office and coaching changes and poor drafts didn't help. So I understand what Pettine is trying to accomplish. He wants winners. Players who don't give up in the third quarter, bide their time until free agency etc. Pettine has to change the culture of losing that outsiders perceive are the Browns. Just hearing that draftees mothers' don't want their sons to play in Cleveland is an example of how the football world has viewed us over the last decade.
I think this draft was the most important draft for many reasons. Building a team that competes will gain respect. Last year we were on the cusp until injuries marred our season.
Farmer and Pettine stuck to the plan ignoring criticism from so called experts. They didn't "sell the farm" for Mariota and I respect them for it. And we actually drafted quality players who wanted to come here.
Cleveland has a rich football history and it should be an honor to play for the Browns. Pettine has started what may be a new era in Cleveland.
I can see where "play like a Brown" does not have as much meaning to younger fans who have not seen the Browns have much success since coming back in the league in 99. For me it brings up some better memories of earlier Browns teams. As someone else posted it has to start some time and with this coach and GM it is as good as any time to start with a new (old) tradition.
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Im warming up to it because it actually serves a purpose rather than just being lame coachspeak.
Plus... since this staff thought of it...
It's not as if past regimes have not uttered similar sentiments... they have. However, they never built a prolonged, cohesive effort around that sentiment. This one has... and it is one of the things that sets Pet apart from the the "recent past".
But here's the deal...
Unless there is follow through...
Unless progress to the point of contention under Pet's leadership...
... then it'll die the death of many other slogans.
Personally I like the Pet's odds.
Im warming up to it because it actually serves a purpose rather than just being lame coachspeak.
Attaboy...
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It's beginning to catch on with both players and fans and when that kind of culture really takes, it in fact becomes a source of pride for all. And then players try to live up to it every single play. That is when you get the max out of every game and is appreciated regardless of the scoreboard. Eventually though it gets reflected on the scoreboard. This is a fun time to be a new Browns fan (or an old one with new hope).
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Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? It just seems like they are saying we are getting players who come to work a 110%, tough blue collar guys, but here is Johnny Football and Terrance West. Just draft the right fucking players and stop trying to be cheerleaders.
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Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn. -
Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
Not quite. A 50 yr. old browns fan would have been 1 year old in 1964. You would probably have to be at least 6 in 1964 to remember anything.
I heard a browns fan on the radio a couple years back describe it best, something I'll never forget.....he said to imagine MT. Rushmore with the faces of Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Otto Graham, Lou Groza ...except not pristine, but rather weather beaten and eroded, hardly recognizable.
Unrecognizable as compared to what the browns once were.
Just as the statues have not been maintained, so has the browns tradition not been maintained.
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Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
Not quite. A 50 yr. old browns fan would have been 1 year old in 1964. You would probably have to be at least 6 in 1964 to remember anything.
I heard a browns fan on the radio a couple years back describe it best, something I'll never forget.....he said to imagine MT. Rushmore with the faces of Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Otto Graham, Lou Groza ...except not pristine, but rather weather beaten and eroded, hardly recognizable.
Unrecognizable as compared to what the browns once were.
Just as the statues have not been maintained, so has the browns tradition not been maintained.
Stuart said:
Not quite. A 50 yr. old browns fan would have been 1 year old in 1964. You would probably have to be at least 6 in 1964 to remember anything.
I heard a browns fan on the radio a couple years back describe it best, something I'll never forget.....he said to imagine MT. Rushmore with the faces of Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Otto Graham, Lou Groza ...except not pristine, but rather weather beaten and eroded, hardly recognizable.
Unrecognizable as compared to what the browns once were.
Just as the statues have not been maintained, so has the browns tradition not been maintained.
the young squire throws in the challenge flag.
you will not be long for this world millennial.
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Many of us oldtimers recall the days of tired, muddy, bloody players limping off fields after epic battles in the elements. Not out of domes. Those were the days of smash mouth, tough football & that's what we're seeing being built in Cleveland once again...a TEAM of tough, never say die hard-nosed football players & Coaches who will play hard start to finish....BLOCKING, TACKLING,.PLAYING LIKE A BROWN!
To you younger folks who don't remember the glory days, fasten your seatbelts, 'cuz you're in for one hell of a ride, and we're just getting started.
Mike
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I was a child but remember Jim Brown's last year and have followed the Browns my whole life. I remember the seventies when the Steelers were dominant. I was at the "Red Right 88" game and cried the whole way home. I remember the "drive" and the "fumble" and Bernie Kosar being let go for Testeverde. I have lived in several cities but have never routed for any other team ever. My child and my nieces and nephews love the Browns and hopefully we will all live to see a winning team again.
Mike Pettine is a step in the right direction and the best coach since Marty Shotenheimer in my opinion. I didn't care for the Play Like a Brown approach at first but now I like it.
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Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
Us over 60 understand what "Play like a Brown" means. We actually saw our team kick ass on a regular basis.
Those nearing 50 probably get it as well. They caught the tail end of the deal and had a older family member school them on the meaning.
We have to work on the twenty and thirty somethings. They don't get it. Their experience has been pretty lackluster.
I didn't need any schooling..I'm 50... been following the Browns since 1970
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Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? Bacon
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Why would Tomlin do that? Oh, he wants his steelers to start taking steriods and taking
cheapshots at opposing teams' star players ?
Buttichek? The Patriots have always played like Patriots, even back in the early days when they
were one of the very worst teams in football.
The Browns had trouble starting up again, and haven't played like they used to play since.
It made a whole lot of sense to me the first time I heard it.
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I hear a few people complaining about the Mantra "Play like a Brown" and to me, this is something I can't really understand. I get tired of hearing people try to devalue this team by just looking at the team (short term) and stating that they haven't been good recently and so its a terrible slogan. But, I disagree, and to me it means to be a winner and this is why...
Baltimore Ravens
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 168-135-1
Playoff Record (all-time) : 15-8 (Last appearance after 2014 season)Cincinnati Bengals
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 326-395-3
Playoff Record (all-time) : 5-13 (Last appearance after 2014 season)**Cleveland Browns**
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 505-442-13
Playoff Record (all-time) : 16-20 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
Pittsburgh Steelers
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 580-524-20
Playoff Record (all-time) : 33-22 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
While not having the greatest playoff record, we have still managed to accumulate quite an impressive record, especially considering the woes of the team since its return. I guess my point is that we have a great franchise and to play like a Brown means a lot!
I hear a few people complaining about the Mantra "Play like a Brown" and to me, this is something I can't really understand. I get tired of hearing people try to devalue this team by just looking at the team (short term) and stating that they haven't been good recently and so its a terrible slogan. But, I disagree, and to me it means to be a winner and this is why...
Baltimore Ravens
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 168-135-1
Playoff Record (all-time) : 15-8 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
Cincinnati Bengals
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 326-395-3
Playoff Record (all-time) : 5-13 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
**Cleveland Browns**
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 505-442-13
Playoff Record (all-time) : 16-20 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
Pittsburgh Steelers
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 580-524-20
Playoff Record (all-time) : 33-22 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
While not having the greatest playoff record, we have still managed to accumulate quite an impressive record, especially considering the woes of the team since its return. I guess my point is that we have a great franchise and to play like a Brown means a lot!
Eight Championships....which is more than all the other teams in the AFCN combined. Plus it is more than has ever been won by all the teams in either the AFCS, the NFCS, and is the same as those won by all the teams in the AFCW.
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Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? It just seems like they are saying we are getting players who come to work a 110%, tough blue collar guys, but here is Johnny Football and Terrance West. Just draft the right fucking players and stop trying to be cheerleaders.
Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? It just seems like they are saying we are getting players who come to work a 110%, tough blue collar guys, but here is Johnny Football and Terrance West. Just draft the right fucking players and stop trying to be cheerleaders.
Actually, those coaches do do that.
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Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? It just seems like they are saying we are getting players who come to work a 110%, tough blue collar guys, but here is Johnny Football and Terrance West. Just draft the right fucking players and stop trying to be cheerleaders.
Actually, those coaches do do that.
Actually, those coaches do do that.
They don't do that in every press conference and I'd bet Belichick has never said it.
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Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? Bacon
**************************************************************
Why would Tomlin do that? Oh, he wants his steelers to start taking steriods and taking
cheapshots at opposing teams' star players ?
Buttichek? The Patriots have always played like Patriots, even back in the early days when they
were one of the very worst teams in football.
The Browns had trouble starting up again, and haven't played like they used to play since.
It made a whole lot of sense to me the first time I heard it.
Does Mike Tomlin have to say, "play like a Steeler" or does Belichick say "play like a Patriot"? Bacon
**************************************************************
Why would Tomlin do that? Oh, he wants his steelers to start taking steriods and taking
cheapshots at opposing teams' star players ?
Buttichek? The Patriots have always played like Patriots, even back in the early days when they
were one of the very worst teams in football.
The Browns had trouble starting up again, and haven't played like they used to play since.
It made a whole lot of sense to me the first time I heard it.
Man you can be a hater all your life but the Browns don't even come close to being at the level of those organizations, just reality.
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I hear a few people complaining about the Mantra "Play like a Brown" and to me, this is something I can't really understand. I get tired of hearing people try to devalue this team by just looking at the team (short term) and stating that they haven't been good recently and so its a terrible slogan. But, I disagree, and to me it means to be a winner and this is why...
Baltimore Ravens
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 168-135-1
Playoff Record (all-time) : 15-8 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
Cincinnati Bengals
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 326-395-3
Playoff Record (all-time) : 5-13 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
**Cleveland Browns**
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 505-442-13
Playoff Record (all-time) : 16-20 (Last appearance after 2002 season)
Pittsburgh Steelers
Regular Season Record (all-time) : 580-524-20
Playoff Record (all-time) : 33-22 (Last appearance after 2014 season)
While not having the greatest playoff record, we have still managed to accumulate quite an impressive record, especially considering the woes of the team since its return. I guess my point is that we have a great franchise and to play like a Brown means a lot!
Eight Championships....which is more than all the other teams in the AFCN combined. Plus it is more than has ever been won by all the teams in either the AFCS, the NFCS, and is the same as those won by all the teams in the AFCW.
Eight Championships....which is more than all the other teams in the AFCN combined. Plus it is more than has ever been won by all the teams in either the AFCS, the NFCS, and is the same as those won by all the teams in the AFCW.
The number that really matters is zero SuperBowls in 49 seasons. Let's be honest the Browns are the Cubs of the NFL a proud organization and fan base that has won shit in forever.
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This is how I see it: The Browns do have one of the best fan bases in the NFL. I never saw them as the Cubs of the NFL as the Browns have a great football heritage. They made lots of mistakes since 99 when they came back into the league and the bad reputation is recent history. They have a new owner, GM and HC who are committed to winning. They exceeded expectations last year. I see a team on the way up.
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