When was bernie kosar born

Kosar led the team to the playoffs his first season, with eight wins and eight losses. The next season, with Kosar as the team's permanent starting quarterback, the Browns won twelve games and lost just four during the regular season. The team missed playing in the Super Bowl by a single defeat. The Browns continued to perform admirably under Kosar's leadership for the next several years, but by the early s, injuries had hampered Kosar. In , Browns coach Bill Belichick benched Kosar in That same year, the Browns released Kosar.

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Kosar's choice of the Browns, who were coming off a 5—11 season, made him an immediate fan favorite. His friendliness with fans and on-field performance would make him one of the most popular players in team history. Kosar was not the most athletic man to play quarterback. He was famously immobile and threw with an unwieldy sidearm motion.

However, he threw with a high rate of accuracy and rarely forced throws or made bad decisions. In and , Kosar set a league record by throwing consecutive passes without an interception a record since surpassed by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on December 26, against the Buffalo Bills. The Browns intended Kosar to serve as Gary Danielson 's backup in Kosar's rookie season, but Danielson injured his shoulder in the fifth week. Nevertheless, the team sneaked into the playoffs with an record, losing to the Miami Dolphins in the divisional playoffs.

Danielson was injured again in the preseason, and by the time he healed, Kosar had established himself not only as the Browns' permanent starter but as one of the league's top quarterbacks. In a new, passing-focused offense, Kosar threw for 3, yards and finished second in the league with completions. The Browns took top seed in the American Football Conference with a 12—4 record. In the divisional playoffs against the New York Jets , Kosar threw for a playoff-record yards in leading the Browns to a dramatic 23—20 comeback victory in double overtime.

Nevertheless, the novelty song "Bernie, Bernie", to the tune of "Louie Louie" continued to receive airplay on many Ohio radio stations throughout Kosar's tenure with the Browns. Kosar's finest year statistically was In the strike-shortened season, he completed 62 percent of his passes for 3, yards and 22 touchdowns and led the AFC in quarterback rating. Kosar also made his only Pro Bowl that season. Kosar spent most of the season sidelined with injuries but came back to throw for 3, yards in That year, the Browns advanced to the AFC championship for the third time in four years, losing again to the Broncos in Denver.

Kosar set a record for consecutive playoff games with at least three touchdown passes 3 games having thrown three scores against both Indianapolis and Denver in , and three against Buffalo in Kosar's later years in Cleveland were dampened by injuries and dwindling support around him. In , Kosar threw a career-high 15 interceptions as the Browns went 3— The following year, he came back to throw for 3, yards and 18 touchdowns.

He also started the season by setting an NFL record for consecutive pass attempts without an interception with In , the Browns hired Bill Belichick as head coach. Not a big fan of Kosar, Belichick had signed quarterback Vinny Testaverde Kosar's former college teammate before the season. Early in the year, Belichick benched Kosar in favor of Testaverde. An injury to Testaverde returned Kosar to the field. After a 29—14 loss to Denver in Week 8, the Browns released Kosar.

Belichick told a press conference Kosar was suffering from "diminishing skills. They also charged that the Browns and Kosar's agent orchestrated this scenario in order to subvert the NFL's orderly system of drafting players and claim Kosar for themselves. Mike Lynn also stated that since Kosar had hired an agent, he should have automatically lost his college eligibility and become eligible for the regular draft. The Oilers threatened to sue the NFL if Kosar was allowed to skip the regular draft in favor of the supplemental draft and Kosar's agent threatened to sue the NFL if Kosar was forced into the regular draft.

Due to the controversy, on April 12, commissioner Pete Rozelle extended the April 15 eligibility deadline for Kosar alone who had not officially filed the paperwork for draft eligibility and called a hearing that would take place on April The four teams Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Minnesota involved in the two trades presented their case at the hearing. On April 23, Rozelle announced that he would leave the decision up to Kosar, but permitted Minnesota to persuade Kosar to enter the regular draft with the condition that they could not negotiate a potential contract with him.

This led to an April 25 news conference where Kosar announced that he wanted to go home to Ohio as a member of the Cleveland Browns and that he would forgo the regular NFL Draft and make himself eligible for the supplemental draft. On May 10, Kosar officially announced his intentions for the supplemental draft in a letter to the commissioner. On June 25, Kosar became officially eligible for the supplemental draft when he took his exam finals and the university notified the NFL front office that he had graduated.

On July 3, , the Browns selected Kosar and signed him to a five-year contract that same day. Kosar chose the Browns, who were coming off a 5—11 season. In and , Kosar set a league record by throwing consecutive passes without an interception, which stood for almost two decades.

The Browns intended Kosar to serve as Gary Danielson's backup in Kosar's rookie season, but Danielson injured his shoulder in the fifth week. Kosar completed half of his passes in the team's run-oriented offense that year. The team snuck into the playoffs with an 8—8 record, losing to the Miami Dolphins in the divisional playoffs. Danielson was injured again in the preseason, and by the time he healed, Kosar had established himself as the Browns' permanent starter.

In a new, passing-focused offense, Kosar threw for 3, yards and finished second in the league with completions. In the divisional playoffs against the New York Jets, Kosar threw for a playoff-record yards in leading the Browns to a 23—20 comeback victory in double overtime.

Kosar's most productive year statistically was In the strike-shortened season, he completed 62 percent of his passes for 3, yards and 22 touchdowns and led the AFC in quarterback rating. Kosar also made his only Pro Bowl appearance that season. Kosar spent most of the season sidelined with injuries but came back to throw for 3, yards in