Throwback: Paul Brown, the Combine, and The 40 Yard Dash

Geoff Hobson

*Note: This story was originally published in 2017

INDIANAPOLIS _ As the football world flocks here for the NFL scouting combine to pay annual homage to the 40-yard dash, it's only fitting that Bengals president Mike Brown is believed to be only owner left who times the NFL's most hallowed steps.

Paul Brown, his father and the man he helped mid-wife the Bengals into the world 50 years ag