And yet, there they all were Thursday — Reid, Banner and owner Jeff Lurie, along with innocent bystander and new club president Don Smolenski — trying their best to convince us that the real reason Banner is taking a powder has nothing to do with him losing a power struggle to Reid, and everything to do with Banner wanted to pursue "one more challenge in my life,'' even as his old challenge — helping the Eagles win a Super Bowl title — remains unfulfilled.