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Originally Posted by RedinTexas
I wanted to go back and address this comment. The NFL may say your franchise history only goes back to when the team arrived in Baltimore, but the reality is different. The Ravens are the former Cleveland Browns. They arrived in Baltimore as a fully formed franchise and hit the ground running. That is vastly different from putting together an expansion team from scratch, so let's stop pretending the Ravens franchise records only begin with the arrival in Baltimore.
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It very much only begins with the arrival in Baltimore. Unlike the Irsays who stole the Baltimore Colts' logos, colors, and records when they left in the middle of the night to run away to Indianapolis, Cleveland got to keep its history. The Ravens don't celebrate Jim Brown. There's no connection whatsoever between the Ravens and the old Browns. Cleveland continues to commemorate the old Browns.
The Ravens claim Baltimore Colts history even if the NFL officially recognizes the Colts history as continuous and Indy pretends like its theirs. Johnny Unitas and most of the Baltimore Colts never attended celebrations linked with Indianapolis. An example: Lenny Moore was a RB for the Baltimore Colts and won an MVP and two NFL titles in the 50/60s. He's in the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor and was put on the big screen at the Ravens/Texans game this past weekend to pump up the crowd. The Ravens are more Baltimore Colts than they are Cleveland Browns.