On Aug. 5, Kurt Warner will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, just down the road from Cleveland — home of the woebegone Browns.
On Feb. 9, 1999, the Browns had a chance to take Warner in the expansion draft when the franchise rebooted after a three-year hiatus. (Owner Art Modell had taken the team to Baltimore, where they were reincarnated as the Ravens following the ’95 season.)
Warner was there for the taking, one of the players exposed by the St. Louis Rams on the expansion list.
“When you look at that expansion draft .