Only one more team stood between the Browns and the prospect their head coach and pro personnel director seemed to most covet with the No. 10 pick in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Then the Jets, who had a former first-round pick coming off a career-best year at tight end, stunningly selected tight end Kyle Brady at No. 9. The unsuspecting Browns promptly traded down to No. 30.
"There was no thought whatsoever Kyle Brady would go to the Jets," Phil Savage recalled. "It was like, 'What! What just happened?' It was truly the unexpected.