Michael Silver ranked all 32 NFL owners in his latest column for SI.com, with No. 32 being a small surprise.
I think the first owner to come to mind as being one of the best is the Patriots’ Bob Kraft, which Silver promptly ranks No. 1. However, most might assume the Lions’ William Clay Ford Jr. would rank dead last due to his franchise’s decade worth of losing and terrible management, but he comes in at No. 29. Tom Benson (Saints) and Mike Brown (32) rank 31 and 32, respectively, which isn’t too big of a surprise with Benson’s horrid management of the Hurricane Katrina situation (i.e. wanting to move the team to San Antonio) and Brown’s turning a deaf ear to the criminals on his team repeatedly acting up.
On the whole, I think the rankings were pretty spot on.
