Tuesday, Sept. 1 (AM) – It’s interesting, and amusing, at just how many people – even those in the media, who are supposedly trained to be objective – think that everything they’re seeing now in this fleeting moment of the time continuum is happening for the first time ever.

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They see, so they believe.

But they do so with no historical perspective.

And so it is on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike” show in the mornings. Co-hosts Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic, a Cleveland native, of course, have talked at nauseam recently about the great lineage of quarterbacks in Green Bay. First there was Brett Favre and now there’s Aaron Rodgers.

Greenberg said that the 23 years that the Packers have had those two stars represents the longest span any team has ever had continuous excellence at any position.

Not really.

While it may be the longest such tenure at quarterback – and we’re not even sure about that – it’s certainly not the longest overall.

Just ask the Browns.

For all but three seasons in the span from their inception in 1946 through ’73, the Browns had three Pro Football Hall of Fame running backs in Marion Motley, Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. Brown is regarded as the greatest player at any position in the game’s history.

The Browns had, in essence, just five kickers – all of them great – in their first 64 years of existence (1946-95 and 1999-2012) in Hall of Famer Lou Groza, the man for whom college football’s top kicking award is named, Don Cockroft, Matt Bahr, Matt Stover and the best of them all, Phil Dawson.

Even at left tackle, the Browns had a great lineage in their first 38 years from 1946-84 with Groza, Dick Schafrath, who should be in the Hall of Fame, and Doug Dieken.

So while Favre and Rodgers back to back with the Packers is an impressive run, so, too, are the Browns’ lists of running backs, kickers and left tackles.

And now you know.

Steve King

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