One of the oldest stock story plots is that of the “Ugly Duckling”. Most of us know the old children’s tale: a duckling is called ugly and laughed at by the other ducks. Only when they all grow up do they realize the ugly duckling was a beautiful swan all along.
This trope has been repeated ad nauseam in films: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Princess Diaries (1 and 2), Dirty Dancing, Harry Potter; the list goes on and on. But for one NFL team this offseason, fiction became reality.
The Cleveland Browns’ ability to overhaul their entire offensive line in free agency would even have Eliza Doolittle singing that they were “loverly”.