BEREA: When Andrew Hawkins stood by a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and Josh McCown sat across from politicians he’s accustomed to seeing on CNN, the importance of their trip to Capitol Hill sunk in for the Browns players.
Nothing they could possibly do on a football field can compare.
“Walking in those historic hallways and realizing all the history you’ve learned about and you’re literally in the same space as them, it’s a surreal moment,” Hawkins said Wednesday.
Hawkins and McCown were among five NFL players who met with members of Congress on Tuesday in Washington, D.