@@Ruribitz You should check out some footage of brain injuries before concussion protocol. Especially the recurring brain injuries which nobody realized were actually just the same unhealed injury getting re-injured worse and worse. And while you’re watching that footage, remember, those guys got paid so little that they needed to work side jobs in the off-season to pay the bills, and couldn’t financially afford to risk their job on the team by sitting out for any length of time to heal a booboo which is so tiny that nobody can even see it.
Incredible vid. I was a kid in Cleveland during the ‘86 season. My dad took me to just about every game that year - including the double ot divisional playoff against the Jets and a week later”the drive”. I know that he didn’t take me to the game shown here but it’s so cool to get a glimpse of our old season ticket section, thinking about all the great memories from that season. Thank You So Much for uploading this vid.
@@turtle19dad I was just talking about him to a buddy. Chargers traded him for Pete Johnson. It was a terrible trade for the Chargers. They wanted to find a back like Chuck Muncie and Johnson was a huge body but the Bengals won that trade in a landslide.
James Brooks not Corey Dillon imo is the best back in Bengals history. Dillon has more rushing yards but Brooks was an excellent reciever as well. Brooks played on winning teams as well.
Awesome post!!! Thank you!!! Great memories!! I lived 1.5 miles from the stadium, and used to see Boomer and the boys out around town and at the Central YMCA in cincinnati. Boomer and the boys rented the court out one day. I was shooting hoops in a smaller court next to it. There was this nondiscript black guy just shooting baskets with me. Not much bigger than I was.. it was James Brooks, JB., and about a week after hebran through 4 tackles and Sam Whiche came out on the field and shook his hand. Fantastic memories.
The bengals from this era were something to see. There has never been another team like it, probably never will be. Plus they’re actually playing this game on a baseball field! Should be a fun watch! 😁👍
Lots of very experimental stuff on offense and defense that would eventually change the game.....early versions of it on display here. Announcers made fun of Wyche/Bengals experimenting with huddles.
Easy to see watching this game how the rules have changed in certain areas..one thing i noticed was tackling and when they go out of bounds and they don't let up..
Damn , I was 6 years old back when this game was played. I do remember the Super Bowl in 89 though. I remember the Who Dey beer and all that. It was a good time. I remember that we had to move to Fresno California right after the bowl as well. That’s what sucked lol
When the Dawg Pound was growing organically. The fans were real, rabid, and working class. The Browns wore their beautifully understated home all-whites (should be their home unis for all time!). Nothing makes me want to puke more than when the current team wears all-brown or other clown crap.
That's the first thing I noticed from kickoff! I liked the road/home uniform switches then and still do. If I am not mistaken, doesn't that depend on whether the home team chooses its own home uniform or white? I'm no Cowboys fan, but I like their road blue. The best was their road/away royal blue uniform decades ago. Cheers to you, my friend!
Back in the days when Sam Wynch the Bengals coach was hated by Cleveland Fans because he called them out and cried during a football game once and said..Settle down your not in Cleveland during a game when fans were throwing stuff from the stands...not sure who they were playing during that game ..But after that from then on he was hated in Cleveland and they never let him forget it..
Yes. Back when watching a football game didn’t look like they were trying to make it look like a video game. Today’s Bills/Cowboys with all the circles/graphics when they were lined up looked like they were trying to make it Madden. Fox sucks. Go back to CBS (NFC) NBC (AFC).
It’s funny. BERNIE KOSAR would be riding the bench or on the practice squad these days. Those numbers are not impressive. It just shows how much the league has changed.
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers lol yeah I wasnt an NFL QB so as a QB sure... but compare him to the best QBs of his Era. He was nothing special. Sorry I BUTTHURT you man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@audiofreak8888 being “nothing special” compared to guys like Joe Montana and Dan Marino, is still pretty darned good. I never heard anyone put him on a higher level than that, which by your own admission is exactly where they’d have to rank him in order to call him overrated.
This era of football is a thing of beauty.
MNF was must watch TV.
…except for the brain injuries.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers Pretty sure brain injuries are still a thing. Reported brain injuries have gone up 18% in the NFL since 2022.
@@Ruribitz You should check out some footage of brain injuries before concussion protocol. Especially the recurring brain injuries which nobody realized were actually just the same unhealed injury getting re-injured worse and worse. And while you’re watching that footage, remember, those guys got paid so little that they needed to work side jobs in the off-season to pay the bills, and couldn’t financially afford to risk their job on the team by sitting out for any length of time to heal a booboo which is so tiny that nobody can even see it.
@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers I know about it already. I still think this era of football is a thing of beauty for the average fan.
Back when Thursday Night Football was a rare treat
Yes, and was shown on regular network TV, as opposed to "Prime."
Yes sir
@@user-on5mf7fk3bthe prime thing is so stupid. I'm not paying 15 a month to Amazon prime to watch mostly bad football
Back when it was 1986.
lie how Saturday games are now
I miss that old stadium and its hard wooden seats. No frills, just football!
No one in the seats!!
I grew up on the West Side (Broadview and Oak Park) and old Muni Stadium was a cavern, watched Indian games there too. Lovely old memories.
Classic Cleveland...been there at the old (!) Stadium, too...DAWG PROUD !!!
That’s that old UHF TV with the antenna in it 😊
Incredible vid. I was a kid in Cleveland during the ‘86 season. My dad took me to just about every game that year - including the double ot divisional playoff against the Jets and a week later”the drive”. I know that he didn’t take me to the game shown here but it’s so cool to get a glimpse of our old season ticket section, thinking about all the great memories from that season. Thank You So Much for uploading this vid.
my first Browns game....what a memory
I don't know how James Brooks remains unnoticed by modern football pundits and fans.
I don’t know how the Chargers let him go!!!!
@@turtle19dad I was just talking about him to a buddy. Chargers traded him for Pete Johnson. It was a terrible trade for the Chargers. They wanted to find a back like Chuck Muncie and Johnson was a huge body but the Bengals won that trade in a landslide.
James Brooks not Corey Dillon imo is the best back in Bengals history.
Dillon has more rushing yards but Brooks was an excellent reciever as well. Brooks played on winning teams as well.
Good stuff.
Browns made yhe playoffs a year earlier with a 8-8 record, wow.
I didnt know Kosar was 6'-5".
The Browns went to the Championship game in 86 and 87, then again in 89. The Golden Era of the Browns but Elway was their boogeyman
Love this era! It is when I first became a fan of the NFL....gotta say though, I forgot how ridiculous those old school shoulder pads looked.
They look fine. It's the modern era's shoulder pads that look silly...
Cool post, thanks boss.
Awesome post!!! Thank you!!! Great memories!! I lived 1.5 miles from the stadium, and used to see Boomer and the boys out around town and at the Central YMCA in cincinnati. Boomer and the boys rented the court out one day. I was shooting hoops in a smaller court next to it. There was this nondiscript black guy just shooting baskets with me. Not much bigger than I was.. it was James Brooks, JB., and about a week after hebran through 4 tackles and Sam Whiche came out on the field and shook his hand. Fantastic memories.
Whoever put this up salute!
Back before Modell sold out the good loyal fans of Cleveland.
The bengals from this era were something to see. There has never been another team like it, probably never will be. Plus they’re actually playing this game on a baseball field! Should be a fun watch!
😁👍
Lots of very experimental stuff on offense and defense that would eventually change the game.....early versions of it on display here. Announcers made fun of Wyche/Bengals experimenting with huddles.
Easy to see watching this game how the rules have changed in certain areas..one thing i noticed was tackling and when they go out of bounds and they don't let up..
Yeah but CLE went to the AFC championship that year . Finished 12-4 . Go Browns !
Wow, I was 1 when this happened. Crazy to see Al, Boomer, and Collinsworth, and the USFL reference lol.
His voice makes everything better!
Omg I was at this game. 25yrs old sitting in The Real Dawg pound ! #clevelandtillthecasketdrops
I like how Boomer Esiason and later Cris Collinsworth would eventually work with Al Michaels 😊
Boomer and Al didn't get along too well.....
I used to love watching esiason and kosar as qb when I was kid to bad either one didn't win a super bowl
"Grandpa? Tell me bout the good ol' days...."
Watching this game as a child began my disdain for the Northern Kentucky Bungles. I was so happy when we got revenge and beat them on their turf 34-3
ALSO LOVE HEARING THE LIVE BAND!!!
Damn , I was 6 years old back when this game was played. I do remember the Super Bowl in 89 though. I remember the Who Dey beer and all that. It was a good time. I remember that we had to move to Fresno California right after the bowl as well. That’s what sucked lol
I hope you liked Fresno well enough, that everything turned out ok.
@@realtyranny3310 no I’m back home now and wouldn’t move back out there unless someone paid me a million dollars
Oh boy Friday Night Videos tomorrow!
Back when they actually let you play football.
The teams w the best uniforms!
This game was blacked out in the Cleveland area.
This was one of the games that made me buy season tickets until the team moved to Baltimore.
Huge fan of that Bengals team. Too bad they ran into Joe Montana in the Super Bowl
When baseball was still the bigger sport....
Look at the old infield from the 10 yrs line in
1:04:27 as Frank Gifford refers to James Brooks as farm equipment
I was 18 and confused everyday .
If you saw those stats today (50% completions, 10 td, 8 int), you would say the guy is a bum.
When the Dawg Pound was growing organically. The fans were real, rabid, and working class. The Browns wore their beautifully understated home all-whites (should be their home unis for all time!). Nothing makes me want to puke more than when the current team wears all-brown or other clown crap.
When Al Michaels had some energy.
It was 38 years ago, good grief
Rare Bengals in Black away game
That's the first thing I noticed from kickoff! I liked the road/home uniform switches then and still do. If I am not mistaken, doesn't that depend on whether the home team chooses its own home uniform or white?
I'm no Cowboys fan, but I like their road blue. The best was their road/away royal blue uniform decades ago. Cheers to you, my friend!
i was 4 yrs old
Back in the days when Sam Wynch the Bengals coach was hated by Cleveland Fans because he called them out and cried during a football game once and said..Settle down your not in Cleveland during a game when fans were throwing stuff from the stands...not sure who they were playing during that game ..But after that from then on he was hated in Cleveland and they never let him forget it..
The Bengals were playing Seattle when Wyche said that.
thanks..
He went to Cleveland after that happened and was in a dunking booth to raise money for charity.
Those shoulder pads… damn
Is Chris Collingsworth even aware these days of HIS Charismatic Crude Remarks
"Art Modell...a fine, fine man".
Nope. F Modell
I wish that the stadium situation would've worked out, too. It was quite unfortunate.
I used to think AlMichaels was Italian?
Week 3. Cinci 30 Clev 13. Browns end up 12-4, Cinci 10-6. Browns get to AFC Championship, lose The Drive game there.
SPOILER MAN!! 😆😆
Thanks for the completely useless spoiler.
Your welcome!@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers
A time when the players had more class and the people running the NFL were more honest.
As I recall the bengals got destroyed at home by the bears the following week
At 14:34…. we see that Chris Everett was traded.
😂😂😂😂
Is r this Monday night ??
This was played on Thursday night.
Yes. Back when watching a football game didn’t look like they were trying to make it look like a video game. Today’s Bills/Cowboys with all the circles/graphics when they were lined up looked like they were trying to make it Madden. Fox sucks. Go back to CBS (NFC) NBC (AFC).
Go cry! 😭
OMG…it’s the Kardiac Kids
Sorry, this was after the cardiac kids, that was in the late 70s, early 80s, they were so much fun to watch back then as well!!
The Cardiac Kids were earlier than this.
It’s funny. BERNIE KOSAR would be riding the bench or on the practice squad these days. Those numbers are not impressive. It just shows how much the league has changed.
Kosar is better than 85 percent of current qb's.
"Urban Renewal" Ummmm, I think you meant Urban Decay.
Cleveland, where gentrification started.
Kosar sooooo overated.
He’s way better than you are.
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers lol yeah I wasnt an NFL QB so as a QB sure... but compare him to the best QBs of his Era. He was nothing special.
Sorry I BUTTHURT you man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@audiofreak8888 being “nothing special” compared to guys like Joe Montana and Dan Marino, is still pretty darned good. I never heard anyone put him on a higher level than that, which by your own admission is exactly where they’d have to rank him in order to call him overrated.
funny as sh-t... bernie moved like a snail
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