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Former Cleveland Brown Bernie Kosar looks on prior to the Browns preseason game against the Washington Redskins Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio on August 8, 2019. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY CLE20190808103 AARONxJOSEFCZYK

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Former Cleveland Brown Bernie Kosar looks on prior to the Browns preseason game against the Washington Redskins Thursday in Cleveland, Ohio on August 8, 2019. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY CLE20190808103 AARONxJOSEFCZYK
Former quarterback Bernie Kosar has a rather unusual request for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Kosar revealed that his Super Bowl ring from his time with Dallas was stolen, and he plans to ask Jones if the Cowboys can help him get another one.
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“I lost it, so I can’t wear it,” he said on The Sage Steel Show. “And Jerry, I’m going to be calling you because it got stolen. I’m going to be calling you for another one, bro. So, please help me out again.”
Kosar won his only Super Bowl ring as a backup to Troy Aikman, and he played with the Dallas Cowboys for only one season. The team signed him immediately after Cleveland released him in 1993, where he was once a star quarterback. At Super Bowl XXVIII, Kosar entered the game on the final play, taking the Cowboys across the line by kneeling in the final few seconds.
Kosar played four games for the Cowboys before signing with the Miami Dolphins, where he ended his career. His stint in Dallas was short, but he made it count.
In the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers, Aikman suffered a concussion early in the second half and could not return. Bernie Kosar was sent in his place, now suddenly responsible for keeping Dallas’ Super Bowl hopes on track. He did exactly that.
Kosar delivered the play that effectively ended San Francisco’s comeback hopes. With Dallas leading 28-14, he connected with Alvin Harper on a 42-yard touchdown with 2:24 left in the third quarter. The Cowboys went on to win 38-21 and advance to the Super Bowl. Kosar was 5-of-9 for 83 yards in that game. They’re small numbers, but pivotal to Dallas’ history.
Kosar’s value to that Cowboys team was not limited to what appeared on the stat sheet, either. During Super Bowl week, he was closely involved in Dallas’ preparation, keeping notes on offensive coordinator Norv Turner’s plays and even giving Turner a list of his favorite calls.
“They’re not just plays,” Kosar said at the time. “They’re also my feelings about the plays.”
Michael Irvin also spoke about Kosar’s involvement with the team during that week, describing how the veteran quarterback would ask teammates what they had seen whenever they came off the field.
“Every time I get off the field, Bernie is standing there saying, ‘What did you see?’” Irvin said. “The man is always thinking.”
Kosar’s request to Jones is therefore about more than replacing a piece of jewelry. The ring represents the only Super Bowl title of his playing career and a championship run in which he was called upon at a critical moment. More than 30 years later, he is hoping the Cowboys can help him replace the physical reminder of it.
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