Regardless of final suiting up for the Browns thirty years in the past, Eric Metcalf remains to be turning heads in Cleveland.
Late final evening, the Cleveland Browns legend posted a mini Browns helmet he obtained within the mail from the staff with the caption, “OG making a comeback in ’24!!!”. The issue was that it was a helmet change that had not but been unveiled by the staff.
The accompanying photograph confirmed the standard plain orange Browns helmet paired with a white facemask moderately than a brown facemask, because the membership had been utilizing since 2015. Earlier than sporting brown, the Browns had had gray facemasks from 2006 to 2014. The final time Cleveland wore a full-time white facemask was in 2005; it was first worn by the staff in 1975.
The Tweet was ultimately deleted, however not earlier than it was learn greater than 30,000 occasions (and promptly screencapped and handed round).
Metcalf’s Tweet all however confirms what SportsLogos.Web had already reported earlier this month—the Browns are going back to the white facemask full-time. The staff is anticipated to make this official tomorrow.
Eric Metcalf spent 14 seasons within the NFL from 1989 to 2002 and was famend for his versatility and explosive playmaking skills, significantly throughout his tenure with the Cleveland Browns but in addition frolicked with the Falcons, Chargers, Cardinals, Panthers, Redskins, and Packers. He performed in three Professional Bowls and was named a “Cleveland Browns Legend” in 2008.
