By the end of his rookie year in 1990, Leroy Hoard had already decided who was going to be his hero. To the 22-year-old, Bernie Kosar didn’t look like a typical quarterback. However, what the signal caller lacked in build, he made up for in talent, intelligence, and tenacity. That season, Kosar took 37 sacks, the eighth-highest in the league. However, despite a body many deemed “gangly and awkward”, Kosar took it like a boss, a fact that Hoard still attests to, even 35 years later.

“I’ve never seen the man yell,” the retired running back said on the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show this week. “I have never met a guy who got beaten up the way he did playing football, and always stayed positive. That’s him, regardless of what’s going on. He is the most positive person I know. That has never

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