They always sat across from each other in the front of the draft room for the last 25 years and for the 25 years before that they surrounded their father in the same spot.
Every round. Every pick. Every April. Or every January back in the day. From A.J. Green in 2011 to Brent Ziegler in 1984 to Buffalo tight end Mason Schreck, who turned out to be their final pick together in the seventh round of last year’s draft.
Before saying yeah or nay on every selection after hearing out the scouts and coaches, Bengals president Mike Brown always took one last glance at his younger brother.