CLEVELAND — The endless, exasperating search for a franchise quarterback can cripple franchises until they find one, and the Jets and Browns serve as case studies.
Sam Darnold will be playing quarterback for the Jets on Thursday night and Baker Mayfield will be on the Browns sideline watching him, and after all the Mistakes by the Lake and off Broadway, both franchises believe they finally got it right.
Of course, they have believed in too many saviors who weren’t right.
Look no further than franchise quarterback to understand why this is the 50-year anniversary of the Jets’ one and only Super Bowl championship, why the Browns have never brought home the Lombardi Trophy.