1986 Week 3 - Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns - TNF

[@Ruribitz]

This era of football is a thing of beauty.

[@thesloppyjoes]

MNF was must watch TV.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

…except for the brain injuries.

[@Ruribitz]

​@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers Pretty sure brain injuries are still a thing. Reported brain injuries have gone up 18% in the NFL since 2022.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

@@Ruribitz You should check out some footage of brain injuries before concussion protocol. Especially the recurring brain injuries which nobody realized were actually just the same unhealed injury getting re-injured worse and worse. And while you’re watching that footage, remember, those guys got paid so little that they needed to work side jobs in the off-season to pay the bills, and couldn’t financially afford to risk their job on the team by sitting out for any length of time to heal a booboo which is so tiny that nobody can even see it.

[@Ruribitz]

@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers I know about it already. I still think this era of football is a thing of beauty for the average fan.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Back when Thursday Night Football was a rare treat

[@AVH-z9m]

Yes, and was shown on regular network TV, as opposed to "Prime."

[@josecolon-ih9no]

Yes sir

[@warrenkemmer1307]

​@@AVH-z9mthe prime thing is so stupid. I'm not paying 15 a month to Amazon prime to watch mostly bad football

[@I_Shit_on_your_shit_point]

Back when it was 1986.

[@jessicamaxiell7832]

lie how Saturday games are now

[@benjaminb3295]

Incredible vid. I was a kid in Cleveland during the ‘86 season. My dad took me to just about every game that year - including the double ot divisional playoff against the Jets and a week later”the drive”. I know that he didn’t take me to the game shown here but it’s so cool to get a glimpse of our old season ticket section, thinking about all the great memories from that season. Thank You So Much for uploading this vid.

[@bleuaqua8102]

I miss that old stadium and its hard wooden seats. No frills, just football!

[@erico4537]

No one in the seats!!

[@royskuderin2386]

I grew up on the West Side (Broadview and Oak Park) and old Muni Stadium was a cavern, watched Indian games there too. Lovely old memories.

[@christophermitchum6829]

Classic Cleveland...been there at the old (!) Stadium, too...DAWG PROUD !!!

[@michaelshaffer3393]

Me too

[@centerfield34]

"Grandpa? Tell me bout the good ol' days...."

[@jjahsepuyeshd]

Awesome post!!! Thank you!!! Great memories!! I lived 1.5 miles from the stadium, and used to see Boomer and the boys out around town and at the Central YMCA in cincinnati. Boomer and the boys rented the court out one day. I was shooting hoops in a smaller court next to it. There was this nondiscript black guy just shooting baskets with me. Not much bigger than I was.. it was James Brooks, JB., and about a week after hebran through 4 tackles and Sam Whiche came out on the field and shook his hand. Fantastic memories.

[@theplayersclub1126]

my first Browns game....what a memory

[@Sunman9]

That’s that old UHF TV with the antenna in it 😊

[@GregLyons-k7b]

I used to love watching esiason and kosar as qb when I was kid to bad either one didn't win a super bowl

[@pablom7213]

Whoever put this up salute!

[@Mr1sammyd21]

I don't know how James Brooks remains unnoticed by modern football pundits and fans.

[@turtle19dad]

I don’t know how the Chargers let him go!!!!

[@Pastrychef90210]

@@turtle19dad I was just talking about him to a buddy. Chargers traded him for Pete Johnson. It was a terrible trade for the Chargers. They wanted to find a back like Chuck Muncie and Johnson was a huge body but the Bengals won that trade in a landslide.

[@brianb.5473]

James Brooks not Corey Dillon imo is the best back in Bengals history. Dillon has more rushing yards but Brooks was an excellent reciever as well. Brooks played on winning teams as well.

[@igorslocks]

Think about that Auburn backfield he was a part of in college: Himself, Joe Cribbs, William Andrews. That's a solid depth chart I'd say. Brooks was such a threat catching the ball out of the backfield it overshadowed his running ability. He was a serious talent and very very underrated.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Cool post, thanks boss.

[@Scottocaster6668]

Good stuff. Browns made yhe playoffs a year earlier with a 8-8 record, wow. I didnt know Kosar was 6'-5".

[@SecretSelfSearcher]

The Browns went to the Championship game in 86 and 87, then again in 89. The Golden Era of the Browns but Elway was their boogeyman

[@tbone6924]

Love this era! It is when I first became a fan of the NFL....gotta say though, I forgot how ridiculous those old school shoulder pads looked.

[@centerfield34]

They look fine. It's the modern era's shoulder pads that look silly...

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

The bengals from this era were something to see. There has never been another team like it, probably never will be. Plus they’re actually playing this game on a baseball field! Should be a fun watch! 😁👍

[@realtyranny3310]

Lots of very experimental stuff on offense and defense that would eventually change the game.....early versions of it on display here. Announcers made fun of Wyche/Bengals experimenting with huddles.

[@rhob2422]

Wow, I was 1 when this happened. Crazy to see Al, Boomer, and Collinsworth, and the USFL reference lol.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

His voice makes everything better!

[@cincyfanjunglecity9871]

Damn , I was 6 years old back when this game was played. I do remember the Super Bowl in 89 though. I remember the Who Dey beer and all that. It was a good time. I remember that we had to move to Fresno California right after the bowl as well. That’s what sucked lol

[@realtyranny3310]

I hope you liked Fresno well enough, that everything turned out ok.

[@cincyfanjunglecity9871]

@@realtyranny3310 no I’m back home now and wouldn’t move back out there unless someone paid me a million dollars

[@milmil6594]

Easy to see watching this game how the rules have changed in certain areas..one thing i noticed was tackling and when they go out of bounds and they don't let up..

[@Lsmoe]

Omg I was at this game. 25yrs old sitting in The Real Dawg pound ! #clevelandtillthecasketdrops

[@turtle19dad]

Back before Modell sold out the good loyal fans of Cleveland.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Whenever the browns and bengals meet and on MNF plat, is a treat

[@timgreene8432]

Yeah but CLE went to the AFC championship that year . Finished 12-4 . Go Browns !

[@F40PH-2CAT]

Oh boy Friday Night Videos tomorrow!

[@thesloppyjoes]

ALSO LOVE HEARING THE LIVE BAND!!!

[@theman1412]

I like how Boomer Esiason and later Cris Collinsworth would eventually work with Al Michaels 😊

[@realtyranny3310]

Boomer and Al didn't get along too well.....

[@christiancharles2866]

Collins worth is known for working with Michaels, Boomer not so much.

[@suds5214]

This game was blacked out in the Cleveland area. This was one of the games that made me buy season tickets until the team moved to Baltimore.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

The teams w the best uniforms!

[@cwall216]

Watching this game as a child began my disdain for the Northern Kentucky Bungles. I was so happy when we got revenge and beat them on their turf 34-3

[@manofchaitea6904]

A time when the players had more class and the people running the NFL were more honest.

[@kkmik5933]

Huge fan of that Bengals team. Too bad they ran into Joe Montana in the Super Bowl

[@Penfold497]

1:04:27 as Frank Gifford refers to James Brooks as farm equipment

[@GabrielHernandez-Gh24]

Back when they actually let you play football.

[@waynenickels555]

To here Al Michael's say chris collinsworth is insane

[@becausestonecoldsaidso7099]

At 14:34…. we see that Chris Everett was traded.

[@jerryking45]

😂😂😂😂

[@cs292]

When Al Michaels had some energy.

[@stevencramsie9172]

It was 38 years ago, good grief

[@RayW....]

When baseball was still the bigger sport....

[@jonklein7130]

Rare Bengals in Black away game

[@michaellavin6417]

That's the first thing I noticed from kickoff! I liked the road/home uniform switches then and still do. If I am not mistaken, doesn't that depend on whether the home team chooses its own home uniform or white? I'm no Cowboys fan, but I like their road blue. The best was their road/away royal blue uniform decades ago. Cheers to you, my friend!

[@michaelleroy9281]

That's because the Browns wore white jerseys for the entire 1986 season, 18 games

[@terrycain3843]

I was 18 and confused everyday .

[@twelvepolesdaroot5784]

Look at the old infield from the 10 yrs line in

[@masterkingk]

i was 4 yrs old

[@carseye1219]

When the Dawg Pound was growing organically. The fans were real, rabid, and working class. The Browns wore their beautifully understated home all-whites (should be their home unis for all time!). Nothing makes me want to puke more than when the current team wears all-brown or other clown crap.

[@cDUB111]

Those shoulder pads… damn

[@darylfoster7944]

If you saw those stats today (50% completions, 10 td, 8 int), you would say the guy is a bum.

[@milmil6594]

Back in the days when Sam Wynch the Bengals coach was hated by Cleveland Fans because he called them out and cried during a football game once and said..Settle down your not in Cleveland during a game when fans were throwing stuff from the stands...not sure who they were playing during that game ..But after that from then on he was hated in Cleveland and they never let him forget it..

[@jamiejohnson4524]

The Bengals were playing Seattle when Wyche said that.

[@milmil6594]

thanks..

[@johnroetker5067]

He went to Cleveland after that happened and was in a dunking booth to raise money for charity.

[@KennethFord-y7c]

I used to think AlMichaels was Italian?

[@heavenlydays2838]

Is Chris Collingsworth even aware these days of HIS Charismatic Crude Remarks

[@turtle19dad]

Yes. Back when watching a football game didn’t look like they were trying to make it look like a video game. Today’s Bills/Cowboys with all the circles/graphics when they were lined up looked like they were trying to make it Madden. Fox sucks. Go back to CBS (NFC) NBC (AFC).

[@scottkeiser1135]

Go cry! 😭

[@anthonycompiccia2498]

Is r this Monday night ??

[@jamiejohnson4524]

This was played on Thursday night.

[@jln55]

Week 3. Cinci 30 Clev 13. Browns end up 12-4, Cinci 10-6. Browns get to AFC Championship, lose The Drive game there.

[@Scottocaster6668]

SPOILER MAN!! 😆😆

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Thanks for the completely useless spoiler.

[@jln55]

Your welcome!@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers

[@chuckcreecy6904]

😢spoiler dude!!

[@jln55]

@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers YW!

[@MilitaryAgeMale]

2 Dog Night

[@chrisschweder4624]

"Art Modell...a fine, fine man". Nope. F Modell

[@ericlehman6841]

I wish that the stadium situation would've worked out, too. It was quite unfortunate.

[@rubenrivera1496]

As I recall the bengals got destroyed at home by the bears the following week

[@brandonlawrence4452]

Damn Boomer Esiason put the ball on the money TWICE on the first drive, but Brown didn't get his feet down and the other guy just dropped it. Then between all the other drops, and them shooting themselves in the foot with all the penalities... Ahhh what could have been.....😑🙄😶

[@r.deeblanche6939]

OMG…it’s the Kardiac Kids

[@MichaelHolt-k2j]

Sorry, this was after the cardiac kids, that was in the late 70s, early 80s, they were so much fun to watch back then as well!!

[@afridgetoofar1818]

The Cardiac Kids were earlier than this.

[@WillMuny]

"Urban Renewal" Ummmm, I think you meant Urban Decay.

[@tomposen4822]

The real Dog Pound Not the fake crap of today

[@cs292]

Cleveland, where gentrification started.

[@scottyblog]

It’s funny. BERNIE KOSAR would be riding the bench or on the practice squad these days. Those numbers are not impressive. It just shows how much the league has changed.

[@SecretSelfSearcher]

Kosar is better than 85 percent of current qb's.

[@audiofreak8888]

Kosar sooooo overated.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

He’s way better than you are.

[@audiofreak8888]

@meminustherandomgooglenumbers lol yeah I wasnt an NFL QB so as a QB sure... but compare him to the best QBs of his Era. He was nothing special. Sorry I BUTTHURT you man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

@@audiofreak8888 being “nothing special” compared to guys like Joe Montana and Dan Marino, is still pretty darned good. I never heard anyone put him on a higher level than that, which by your own admission is exactly where they’d have to rank him in order to call him overrated.