11.03.2006
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Below is a taste of Steve King's article on this week's moment, the
Browns' 1986 double overtime playoff win over the New York Jets. Get
the full article, along with a feature on tight end Kellen Winslow,
in this week's Huddle.

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Think of former Browns quarterback Brian Sipe and the Kardiac Kids
immediately come to mind.

They are one in the same.

Week after week after week in that fun, exciting, memorable, roller-
coaster-ride of a season, Sipe - the most well-known and popular Kid
of the bunch - would put the Browns onto his back and rescue them
from near-disaster. This was a modern-day version of "The Perils of
Pauline," with Sipe always performing his magic just in the nick of
time.

But as great as that 1980 season was - he broke a slew of team
passing records en route to being named the NFL MVP that season -
Sipe's biggest single game, at least statistically, came a year later.

In 1981? When the Browns went from 11-5 the season before to 5-11?
When the Browns found ways to lose games at the end, instead of
finding ways to win them, as they had done in 1980? Are you sure?

Yeah, that's right, 1981, that less-than-memorable season overall.

The game took place on Oct. 25 against the Baltimore Colts at
Cleveland Municipal Stadium, when the Browns won 42-28 as Sipe set a
club record for passing yards in a game with 444. It broke Pro
Football Hall of Famer Otto Graham's record of 401, which came Oct.
4, 1952 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Sipe completed 30-of-41 attempts for four touchdowns while being
intercepted twice.

Not bad for someone who almost never made it onto the Cleveland
roster - who was nearly benched three seasons before because, despite
getting numerous opportunities to prove himself, he just didn't seem
like the man to take the Browns where they wanted to go.