For fans of both franchises, those who are faithful to either the Cleveland Browns or Cincinnati Bengals know at least a little bit of the history between the two teams. Paul Brown remains the figurehead who created both squads, and the animosity from his descendants hasn’t dissipated since the NFL icon was fired from his own original team in January of 1963.
Unfortunately for everyone associated with both franchises, they both embody postseason failure. Images of Joe Montana hitting Jerry Rice, Ernest Byner fumbling the football, or all kinds of other unbelievable images since the Browns’ re-inception into the NFL in 1999 cloud the minds of both fan bases.