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Nope, nobody in the family had a baby...

I was talking to my 15-yo daughter on Monday. She got a text from a friend of hers that said, "Yea we are in the playoffs, Go Ravens (smiley emoji)"

My daughter texted back "(frown emoji)"

Then her friend asked her if she was a Steelers fan and my daughter replied, "No, I'm a Browns fan and I'm genetically wired to hate the Steelers"

Now this wouldn't have shocked me at all if it had been my son a few years ago because he has always been a fan.. but I believe this is the first time I've ever heard my daughter refer to herself as a Browns FAN. She's never rooted for anybody else and she usually wasn't that interested in football because the Browns were horrible.

To hear her refer to herself as a Browns fan... and know enough to admit she has to hate the Steelers, it was a proud father day just a few years later than expected.

Now's the time folks, those kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, neighbors kids, your kids friends.. the momentum is growing and we need to start re-introducing the Browns to those young fans who have had little interest for so long...

Thanks Gregg, Freddie, Baker, Nick, Myles, and all who made it possible for me to cry like I did when my daughter said her very first words... these seem equally important... "I'm a Browns fan"...

You should be so PROUD of her.... you go girl!

Yep. I've got two nephews from different parts of the tree who are big Carolina fans. Personally took one to the Browns / Panthers game this year, the other happened to travel up from C-Bus with his family. My dude had his Cam jersey on, when we met up with the rest of the fam before the game I was anxious to give the other little guy some crap... low and behold... he had on a Baker shirt on and a brown and orange chef hat!

"What happened?"
"I'm a Browns fan now!"

Last week we had a little party after Christmas during the Browns / Ravens game, nephew #1 was asked what he wanted for his upcoming birthday...

"Baker jersey"
"Yeah??"
"Heck yeah!"

A house full of people and everyone going crazy rooting for the Browns, almost brought a tear to my eye!

great parenting, great daughter

My brother in law is a die hard a Bengals fan. My sister is more of a Bengals fan too. We had our family Christmas during the Browns and Bengals game. My nephew was rooting hard for the Browns and rubbing it into his father's face, when he normally would be rubbing it into mine. He says he really likes Baker. I think someone just earned themselves a Baker jersey for no reason when the season starts next year and a trip to see the game in Cinci. His father and Mom took me to a Bengals Cowboys fan when I was around his age.

You are raising her correctly! Well done.

I don't have kids, but that has to be an awesome feeling

Raise'em up right, and they'll eventually make good decisions.

We are getting back to the Days, when it was worth something more associating with our team. We need to get that chippy style back where we feel "dangerous" again. You saw it on the Rats game and especially a tight shot on Harbaugh when we were driving before the pick, that this group is close to getting this done, no pushovers. It feels better going into next year than it has for quite some time.

It is not like the annual, resigned "Wait until next year" mantra again; it is more like "Can't wait for next year!" instead.

Speed the Day!

^This. Right here.^