Tim Brown fully expected to get cut when Lombardi called him in; he thought he had played well enough to earn a job, recent drops and fumbles notwithstanding, but he had probably run his mouth too much, and NFL teams just didn’t keep that many black players, especially ones who chafed at the status quo. But Lombardi stunned him. “Congratulations, Brown. You’re on the team. You had a hell of a camp,” he said.
