Host of Cleveland Browns Daily, Nathan Zegura, has revealed just how much it would mean to the city of Cleveland if its beloved Browns where to win its maiden Super Bowl Trophy.
Cleveland stunned Pittsburgh in the NFL’s Wildcard round last weekend, pouring on a NFL-record 28 points in the first quarter to defeat the Steelers 48-37.
Zegura said a Super Bowl victory would supersede the city’s NBA championship won by the Cavaliers in 2016.
“Cleveland is a great sports town,” Zegura told Jack Heverin on SEN Mornings.
“We’ve got the three professional sports teams here with the Cleveland Indians in Baseball, you’ve got the Cavs (Cleveland Cavaliers) who won the NBA title with LeBron (James) a few years ago, and then you’ve got the Browns.
“But it’s a Browns town. The Browns are the number one sports brand, the number one sports franchise despite their struggles.
“A Browns Super Bowl would mean, and I’m not trying to exaggerate, I think one Browns Super Bowl victory would mean as much to this city as 50 NBA or World Series titles.
“There are people who all they want to do is live to see the Browns win the Super Bowl. I’m getting a little chocked up thinking about it.
“This city would go bananas. I don’t even know if they’d be able to handle it if we were parading the Lombardi Trophy around Cleveland in a few weeks.”
The win over Pittsburgh gave Cleveland its first playoff victory since 1994 and its first away playoff victory since 1955.
Cleveland will now play reigning Super Bowl champions Kansas City on Monday morning (AEDT).