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Josh McCown credits adversity of past for making him better as person and QB

The memories don’t fade. Instead, they’ve served as fuel as Josh McCown plays some of the best football of his NFL career at the age of 36.

Five years removed from a one-year stint in the now-defunct United Football League, McCown set a laundry list of franchise records in a 33-30 comeback, overtime victory Sunday over the Baltimore Ravens. No one in the NFL’s thrown for more yards than McCown has over the past three weeks, and he’s suddenly the commander of a Browns passing offense that ranks sixth in the NFL.

Needless to say, it’s a long way from Hartford, where McCown spent his 2010 season with the Colonials.