I grew up a Browns fan, since I was born near Cleveland.  I was living in Jacksonville when the Jags were awarded their team.  I was looking forward to going to an NFL game, since I had never been to one, but I wasn't a die hard fan.  I went to several games in the first season and cheered for the Jags, but I rooted for the Browns against the Jags in the final game of that season.  I'm not sure my loyalty would have shifted so easily, except for the fact that the Browns moved to Baltimore at the end of that season.  After that, I made the Jags my team and never looked back.  Even when Cleveland got their team back, I wasn't interested.  Jacksonville is my team.  Period.

 

The good news is that growing up a Browns fan has helped me through the last several years of being a Jags fan.  

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