Mangini Unveils Super Bowl XLIV Ring
Head coach Eric Mangini designed his Super Bowl XLIV championship ring to look different than the rest. And why not? Since Super Bowl XLIV has not been played yet. Mangini went with sixteen round, brilliant cut diamonds surrounding the Browns logo. The four diamonds on the right side of the logo represent the Browns’ four AAFC championships; the four on the left represent their NFL championships; the four on the top represent the four years that the city did not have a team in the late 90’s; and the four diamonds on the bottom represent the 40,000 fan suicides reported since the team was formed in 1946. Mangini intends to give each player a ring at the end of training camp and intends to wear his on the sidelines moving forward. “I think it will be motivational for the team. That, and I really wanted some sweet-ass bling,” Mangini said from his office in Berea. “When I showed the guys my design – we saw a bunch of grown men act like little kids. It was like Christmas: You beg your parents to get you what you really want. But you never know how excited you are going to be until you open up that box on Christmas morning.”