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Mike Brown salutes versatile Gifford

Bengals president Mike Brown saw Frank Gifford cause numerous problems for his beloved Browns before watching him help grow the NFL as a broadcaster and he admired him in both roles.

As he recalled Gifford in the wake of his sudden death Sunday morning, Brown had a difficult time comparing the Giants Hall-of-Famer to anybody currently in the league.

“You just don’t see it very much anymore, a guy who starts out as a running back and evolves into pretty much a wide receiver,” Brown said. “Lenny Moore, but that’s a long time ago. The guys are smaller today, like the guys who dart around in New England.