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\u201cWhen they were young, you don\u2019t you don\u2019t ever think that,\u201d the coach said of them advancing to a higher level. \u201cWhen Sydney and Chase got to high school, you kind of thought, \u2018You know what? There\u2019s a chance, these kids could do something special.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
His father, Darren Isaacs, made an appearance on the Taz and Jim Show, and gave credit to Londoners for helping his sons along the way to the NFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount of support these guys have had since this whole journey started, it\u2019s crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd the community supported him the whole way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The Browns starred on the football field at London South Collegiate Institute and were presented with an opportunity to spend their last couple of years at a high school in Florida, where they led Saint Stephen\u2019s Episcopal School to a pair of state championships.<\/p>\n
Those two years of school in Florida landed Sydney a scholarship at Illinois University, where he would star for several years before landing with the Eagles. His brother would spend a year at Western Michigan before joining him with the Fighting Illini.<\/p>\n
In his first year with the Eagles, Sydney earned a\u00a0starting spot and pick off a pass for a touchdown a week before he tore his ACL, ending his rookie campaign early.<\/p>\n
That injury kept him sidelined into this season until he returned for a Week 7 matchup against the New York Giants.<\/p>\n
A week later, the Browns would suit up against each other in Cincinnati. Martin said that he was able to be in the stands for that tilt between the Brown brothers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was lucky enough to be at that first game in the back when the boys played against each other in Cincinnati there,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it was pretty special to see them on the same field, but even more special now that, you know, he\u2019s made it almost all the way back and is playing in the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brown has primarily played special teams of the Eagles this season, suiting up 11 times while making seven tackles and also recording an interception and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n
But he is still a part of a Super Bowl winning squad, and in football, every play \u2014 and player \u2014 matters.<\/p>\n
Isaacs said family and friends were calling him once it appeared the blowout victory appeared secure in the second half.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still like pinching ourselves,\u201d the proud father said, noting that he expected the two-time defending champion Chiefs to put up more of a fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m wondering, like, what the hell happened last night? Because we thought it was going to be a better game and they just totally destroyed the Kansas City Chiefs.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said that the gravity of the situation may not have even sunk in with his son yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think even Sid knows how big it is,\u201d Isaacs said. \u201cSid hopes he should be home at the end of this week and then we get to really celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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