Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.
Bon voyage: Many years ago I started a tradition of itemizing players, coaches and executives who reached the given season’s Super Bowl after passing through Cleveland with the Browns.
The original point was to localize my coverage at the Super Bowl, not to rub it in to the Browns. But as the list grew longer and longer, the overall effect seemed to demoralize fans, readers and the organization. So I stopped keeping the list.
But it’s impossible to ignore the ex-Browns – and in two cases, the near-Browns –who advanced to Super Bowl 51 in Houston by virtue of the Atlanta Falcons’ 44-21 demolition of the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game.