Those six players are close.

And the team is starting to become even closer.

"Our mission is to take it one week at a time and stay locked-in on our goals," Brown said. "We are trying to start something really special here.”

Brown signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2012. During that season, he spent time with Atlanta, the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings.

In 2015, he began his AFL career with the since-defunct Orlando Predators. He spent two seasons there under Rob Keefe, who is the coach of the undefeated Albany Empire.

“Once I started playing, I realized it was a completely different game from the outdoor game,” Brown said. “And it really stood out to me in a sense of how creative you have to be (and) how smart you have to be, because it’s such a smaller field, and you have to be precise in everything you do.”

Unlike the NFL where a player can run out of bounds, AFL players compete inside padded walls. An offensive player is considered down when they are tagged by a defensive player on the wall.

Brown said he had to learn to bounce off the walls, remain untouched, and make plays after the catch.