And that face frequently had a crinkled brow and eyes that widened and narrowed behind thick glasses and an expression of condescending disbelief, usually because someone had challenged Banner on any number of topics: the reasoning behind a particular draft pick or free-agent signing, the cold logic of his personnel/financial evaluations, the notion that the region's newspapers ought to devote more coverage and column inches to the Eagles - regardless of the time of the year or any sense of newsworthiness - than to any other Philadelphia franchise.