"Former Browns interim head coach Terry Robiskie watched Patriots and former Browns defensive tackle Gerard Warren drill Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco during the AFC Championship Game to help New England reach the Super Bowl, and it took Robiskie back.

It was during the 2004 season, when Robiskie tried to find Warren's heart under all his bling and attempted to convince the Browns and the fans that "Big Money" was worth more than a hill of beans.

"I discovered that season that Gerard Warren had an unbelievable passion for the game and a desire to win, and he just needed somebody to believe in him," said Robiskie, now an assistant with the Falcons.

Robiskie was named interim coach Nov. 29, the day Butch Davis resigned after the team stumbled to a 3-8 start. A day later, Robiskie summoned his supposed star defensive tackle -- the No. 3 overall pick in 2001 -- to his office.

"I said, 'Gerard, we're going to take all the gold and all the diamonds and put them in a safe until the end of the season,' " Robiskie recalled.

''Then I called his dad, a military man, and his brother, a Florida policeman, and asked them to come to Cleveland for the game that weekend. I offered to pay their way if they weren't already coming." "