With the USFL heading for self-implosion, the NFL scheduled a supplemental draft of USFL players in June of 1984, ostensibly to avoid a bidding war among its own teams for the many quality players soon to be available. At the time, the Browns had a personnel assistant, Chip Falivene, scout the USFL profusely. The regular NFL draft was 12 rounds then, and Browns VP of player personnel, Bill Davis, felt there were better players in the USFL than available in the late rounds of the college draft. So he instructed his scouts to scour their contacts for teams that would be interested in trading picks in the upcoming USFL supplemental draft in exchange for regular draft picks.
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