The NFL prides itself on the parity of its teams.
The Super Bowl champion can easily become an also-ran within a year.
The draft system allows struggling teams to pick the very best college stars when they take the step up to the big time while the more successful outfits have hope for a gem lower down the rankings.
But two teams in particular have proved to be the exception to the parity rule: The all-conquering New England Patriots and the hapless Cleveland Browns.
That is all about to change thanks to one of the most extraordinary trades in sporting history.
Forget Eric Cantona’s explosive move from Leeds United to Premier League rivals Manchester United, disregard Louis Figo’s controversial move from Barcelona to Real Madrid, the Cleveland Browns have just pulled off the most audacious sporting snatch in history.
Odell Beckham Junior is one of the world’s finest sportsmen – a rare talent who has been stifled in recent years playing in front of a misfiring quarterback in the shape of Eli Manning at the New York Giants.
The thinking was the Giants would go after a young QB and do absolutely anything to keep hold of ODB. Surely his shirt sales alone would be enough to keep him in the Big Apple?
But instead the unfashionable Browns have landed the 26-year-old who shot to worldwide fame after a series of extraordinary, one-handed catches.
And now, all of a sudden the Browns roster is loaded with talent – young talent. Baker Mayfield took the league by storm last year after being drafted as the number one pick in 2018.
He is strong and has all the technical ability to form a devastating partnership with ODB.
The future is bright for the Browns thanks to decent draft picks – they have a long history of poor ones so it is about time – and some bold moves from management.
Perhaps that famous parity is finally smiling on the long suffering faithful in the Dawg Pound?
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