HOUSE Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Having joined the Cleveland Browns franchise as a puppy in 2014, Swagger, the team's adored bullmastiff mascot, passed away on Friday, the team announced. Swagger lost his battle with cancer and died at 6 years old. Justin McLaughlin, Swagger's handler, posted on social media that Swagger had been battling cancer for the past year and on Friday had a stroke. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001101533/article/adored-browns-mascot-swagger-passes-away-at-6 Edited February 8, 2020 by HOUSE 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Brown Eye Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 poor guy, that sucks, that's a good happy picture of him in the article, definitely feel for his owners/keepers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 the constant coaching changes have taken their toll on human and animal fans alike 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) He was better then the whole team .. .. Edited February 8, 2020 by HOUSE 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Cancer sucks 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Poor little man. RIP, Swagger. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, stuvian said: the constant coaching changes have taken their toll on human and animal fans alike ....so now Rebate Jimmy is the Top Dawg?...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Poor pup. Live mascots are stupid as hell by the way (and cruel, in some cases.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 He was a good boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 48 minutes ago, JoPoy88 said: Poor pup. Live mascots are stupid as hell by the way (and cruel, in some cases.) I got no problem with having a dog as a live mascot. Sounds like he lived a good life with a loving family. The Denver and KC hosses probably also lead a good life. I dunno about the live ravens the Ravens have or the Seahawk's real hawk I think that's all the live mascots in the NFL these days? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I got no problem with having a dog as a live mascot. Sounds like he lived a good life with a loving family. The Denver and KC hosses probably also lead a good life. I dunno about the live ravens the Ravens have or the Seahawk's real hawk I think that's all the live mascots in the NFL these days? What about Billy Buffalo????? Are you telling me he isn't real????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Swagger looks like a good dog. I’m sorry he died so young. That would really bother me if I lost my dog at age 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Sad for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Remember to never support dog breeders. Always rescue. RIP Swagger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The Factory of sadness is relentless 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Junction Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I got no problem with having a dog as a live mascot. Sounds like he lived a good life with a loving family. The Denver and KC hosses probably also lead a good life. I dunno about the live ravens the Ravens have or the Seahawk's real hawk I think that's all the live mascots in the NFL these days? IDK. Rumor has it that Jerrah has the last Marlboro man chained to a wall in his basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I got no problem with having a dog as a live mascot. Sounds like he lived a good life with a loving family. The Denver and KC hosses probably also lead a good life. I dunno about the live ravens the Ravens have or the Seahawk's real hawk I think that's all the live mascots in the NFL these days? yeah that’s all good i was referring to exotic animals - tigers (i think LSU has one) and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, JoPoy88 said: yeah that’s all good i was referring to exotic animals - tigers (i think LSU has one) and the like. Agree, that's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Agree, that's just wrong. And to the NFL’s credit, they have none of those, as you noted. College is a different story but I gave up on the NCAA a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: The Factory of sadness is relentless Oof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 Looking at the picture knowing the pup went young hits me harder than a human loss. Just sad. Dude definitely had a great life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellaman101 Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 That is young for a dog at 6 years... Sad... But on the good note, thats 2 years longer that 99.9% of their 1st round draft pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, LSHMEAB said: Looking at the picture knowing the pup went young hits me harder than a human loss. Just sad. Dude definitely had a great life! I don't know if I would say he had a great life, he was forced to work for the Browns. How can you wish that on anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: I don't know if I would say he had a great life, he was forced to work for the Browns. How can you wish that on anyone? Yes. But fortunately he lacked the situation awareness to KNOW that he worked for the Brows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 21 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I got no problem with having a dog as a live mascot. Sounds like he lived a good life with a loving family. The Denver and KC hosses probably also lead a good life. I dunno about the live ravens the Ravens have or the Seahawk's real hawk I think that's all the live mascots in the NFL these days? Horses, like dogs, have long been domesticated -- more than 5000 years -- and hawks have been used for hunting for more than 3000 years. Taima the Seahawk is an Augur hawk and was hatched at the World Bird Sanctuary in St Louis MO. His handler has 30 years experience as a falconer. He has a business that uses birds of prey to control bird, rodent, and rabbit populations in the western states. The raven mascot for the Ravens come from the Maryland Zoo. They are African ravens that are more amenable to handling than the common ravens that are indigenous to western Maryland. At one time I think that the Bengals had a live tiger mascot but that was quite a while ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, SoTier said: Horses, like dogs, have long been domesticated -- more than 5000 years -- and hawks have been used for hunting for more than 3000 years. Taima the Seahawk is an Augur hawk and was hatched at the World Bird Sanctuary in St Louis MO. His handler has 30 years experience as a falconer. He has a business that uses birds of prey to control bird, rodent, and rabbit populations in the western states. The raven mascot for the Ravens come from the Maryland Zoo. They are African ravens that are more amenable to handling than the common ravens that are indigenous to western Maryland. At one time I think that the Bengals had a live tiger mascot but that was quite a while ago. Interesting - thanks for the gouge on the hawk and ravens! There is evidence of people caring for a puppy (and being buried with it) 14,000 yrs old. We go way back in our bonds with dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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