The Cleveland Browns pay a visit on Monday to MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Jets, some 49 years after the two teams introduced America to Monday Night Football September 21, 1970. The Jets were an obvious media choice, with Super Bowl III hero Joe Namath headlining the offense. The Jets had lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional playoffs of the American Football League the year before.
Nevertheless, Namath was still in his prime, as judged by both sportswriter and Hollywood starlets alike. The Browns were runners-up to the Purple People Eaters of Minnesota, who had dominated the NFL only to get pulverized by the Chiefs.