Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Brown is 'pleased' by gesture
By Mark Curnutte
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Marvin Lewis will announce game-ball recipients Wednesday, but he made one presentation Sunday after the Kansas City game.
That ball went to Bengals president Mike Brown. Lewis told the players after the 24-19 win that he honored Brown because of "the ability he has given me to help direct you guys and make (them) feel like they're NFL players."
Brown said through a spokesman that he was "pleased and gratified by the gesture."
The Bengals were the fourth NFL team to interview Lewis for a head coaching vacancy but the first to offer him the job. "He has taken all the heat for so long, and it probably wasn't all (his fault). He doesn't play or coach," Lewis said.
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