It started in the mid 1980s when cornerback Hanford Dixon named his Cleveland Browns teammates Dawgs, and then he began barking to fire people up. The Dawg Pound was born, and the Browns had a new nickname that rings true to this day.
Since that time, there have been plenty of players to come through and play their hearts out for Cleveland, even if there haven’t been a ton of winning seasons during then.
Starting with those mid1980s teams through today, NFL Spin Zone writer Backwoods looked at the 15 most popular players during this era and ranked them accordingly.