The Cleveland Browns have adopted a four-word mantra in the Ray Farmer-Mike Pettine era: “Play like a Brown.”
Naturally, with the way the team has played in recent years, that mantra drew snickers. But the point is well taken.
To Farmer and Pettine it means to be tough, committed, passionate, professional.
It might be time, though, to add a corollary.
Act like a Brown.
Act like a professional, like what you do matters, like you represent a team and a city in addition to yourself, like there is a community out there rooting for you.