BATTLE OF THE BUMS! Browns or Lions?

By Tariq Suboh
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Updated: December 5, 2015

Tariq:

I’ve had my fair share of heartbreak after some Bears losses in my lifetime, but I find myself always saying THANK GOD I’m not a Lions or Browns fan.

Lions lost to the Packers on a last second hail Mary after being up 20-0 at one point. Browns are ready for jubilation while the field goal unit was getting set, and then the kicked was blocked and returned for a FREAKING TOUCHDOWN.

So the question was asked: which loss was more bum?

America has spoken! (7 people)

I am a man of the people, therefore, I will agree with the poll that the Lions are the bummiest of the bums.

1. The Bears chances of getting a wildcard spot would’ve been immensely higher with a Packers loss. (Of course the first reason is Bears related. Can’t have it any other way.)

2. The Lions were up 20-0 after the first half. You almost have to try to lose after having that kind of lead, especially at home.

3. The coverage on the hail Mary was horrendous. Aaron Rodgers threw the ball 61 yards, and the Lions looked like they were boxing out their own teammates while allowing Richard Rogers to just casually stand under the descending Aaron Rodgers pass. Where is Calvin Johnson? That is PEAK BUM, Lions.

Will the Lions ever not be the Lions?

Kevin:

Tariq’s Twitter poll asked two different questions. The Lions’ loss is sadder, but the Browns’ loss is more bum. With the Lions’ loss, you have to give an assist to the refs. The facemask penalty was ticky-tack. But the refs could have probably called DPI on the previous play. That would have been ticky-tack, too, but in my mind, the non-call and then call pretty much even out. In fact, the Lions would still be ahead in that regard, since the DPI would have put Green Bay in field goal range. On the last play, though, the refs missed two separate blatant holds. Both defensive ends got held. And then Davante Adams shoved a guy in the end zone. (Shayne tried trolling me about this, but the joke’s on him, since the win helps save Stupid Mike McCarthy’s job.)

The Browns did this entirely to themselves, though. First of all, Austin Davis was in the game because Johnny Manziel cares more about acting like a frat boy than taking advantage of an opportunity most men would give their left nut for. As for the play itself, the Browns had nine seconds and a time-out at the Baltimore 34. Their kicker, Travis Coons, was 18-for-18, but hadn’t tried anything longer than 44 yards. What did the Browns do here, with everything in their playbook available since they had a time-out left? They ran it. They didn’t run it to get the ball in the center of the field or anything. They just ran it to run it. Did it gain anything? Nope. Might have even lost a little bit. So they send out their rookie kicker to attempt a 51-yarder. Now anyone familiar with football knows that the longer the kick, the lower the angle of trajectory needs to be. So the kick gets blocked. Because, really, who didn’t see that coming? Well, I’ll tell you who – the one guy that needed to: Mike Pettine. And he didn’t see he could run a play and try to make the kick easier on his rookie kicker, either. The Browns did this to themselves. Their loss is more bum.

So now, we ask you, the reader, whose loss was more bum? Tell us on Twitter:

@KSchroeder2325 (Kevin), @ASAP_Tariq219 (Tariq), @GoodifitGoes_

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