Bittersweet moment for Ross Browner after Super Bowl XVI. Bengals right end Ross Browner, who played like a Super Bowl MVP that day in Detroit, ran up to the man that got the trophy after 49ers quarterback Joe Montana broke Bengaldom's heart the first time. "I said, 'Joe, you've come a long way and now you're a world champion,'" Browner recalls as Old School Scribe Podcast continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bengals' 1981 AFC title. Browner and Montana, teammates at Notre Dame, were already used to big stages to decide it all. Browner recalls his senior year in South Bend when Rusty Lisch went down during the third game of the 1977 season and head coach Dan Devine mused out loud to his captains on the sidelines about who he should put in at quarterback. Browner, the Fighting Irish's defensive leader who started that season on a Sports Illustrated cover, says he didn't hesitate.