20 - Years since the Bengals have won a playoff game
0 - Total number of playoff wins in Mike Brown's tenure as owner
.359 - Bengals regular season winning percentage since Mike Brown took over as owner (115-206-1 in 20 seasons)
29-34-1 - Record since 2005 playoff game vs Steelers
6 - Seasons the Bengals have lost their first six games since 1991. No other team has more than two.
0 - Teams North of Cincinnati without an indoor practice facility
10 - Players arrested in a 14 month span from 2005-2006
32 - Mike Brown's ranking, out of 32, of the "Best Owners in the NFL" by Michael Silver of Sports Illustrated in 2007
458,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, that Hamilton County Taxpayers paid to build PBS
2032 - Year that Hamilton County will have finally paid off its debt on the stadium deal
3 - Total number of non-clerical employees employed in the Bengals scouting department, lowest in the league
747,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, paid in free agency by the Bengals from 1994 - 2005, second worst of all 28 teams in existence for the duration, behind only Arizona
118 – Ranking, out of 118 professional teams, of the “Worst Franchises” in professional sports, as ranked by ESPN the Magazine in 2003.
97 – Ranking, out of 98 general managers in all four major sports with three or more years of experience, of Mike Brown’s performance as a GM, as ranked by Forbes in 2007.
That was priceless. His parenting advice made the entire article, I am so glad that I clicked to read the whole article... what a day maker.
Posted by: Nacho | April 06, 2010 at 06:33 PM
something i DID know about mike holmgren:
he likes pancakes...
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/11416/browns-sign-former-bengals-center
Posted by: how's the peepin' chaddy...chaddy...how's the peepin' | April 09, 2010 at 12:51 AM
As humorous as that article was, I can't believe it's still sitting at the top of the front page, occupying valuable real estate that could've been used to promote the fact that every intelligent Bengals fan's worst nightmare won't be coming to pass. In two tangentially related news stories, not only did the Browns sign Ghiachuc, as mentioned above, the Bengals inked a one-year extension with Kyle Cook. And while Cook hasn't developed into the next Rich Braham, he had a very solid first season as a starter and has a definite upside. Plus, he's not Eric Ghiachuc. I can't stress that enough, so let me repeat it: KYLE. COOK. IS. NOT. ERIC. GHIACHUC.
Whew. I know I won't be waking up in cold sweats in the middle of the night anymore. With Mike Brown's revolving door signing policy, you had to at least fear the possibility that he'd be back, but that's now been tabled for at least another year.
Also, I really like that SI.com is running a claim from Santurdio's lawyer that he sent evidence to the police that will exonerate his client. Really? A lawyer said that? What did you expect him to say - "my client's guilty as sin and we're hoping for a loophole to get him out of trouble"?
Posted by: Wyatt | April 09, 2010 at 08:43 AM