The question was put to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue six different ways during an uncomfortable 20-minute media session. With Brown standing nearby shifting his weight uneasily as the questions continued, Tagliabue gave essentially the same answer to each one. There's nothing wrong with Mike Brown's football philosophies, he said.
Fans just have to be patient.
Things can turn around. And no, there's nothing he can do. I have a lot of respect for the people who run our teams, including Mike Brown. At any given point in time, some teams are going to be in a winning cycle and some teams are going to be in a losing cycle. And Mike knows that more deeply and more disappointingly than anyone in the room.