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Lomas Brown let Scott Mitchell get hurt on purpose

manchild98

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Man all of the Lions really hated Mitchell. Video of Lomas telling the story is inside the link.

If you've ever wondered why quarterbacks splurge on lavish gifts for their offensive lines, may we present Lomas Brown telling ESPN Radio that he let the Packers blow up his quarterback, Scott Mitchell, in a 1994 game. At the time, Mitchell was playing like, well, Scott Mitchell on a bad day (5-for-15 for 63 yards with two interceptions, according to the Detroit Free Press). And Brown, who appears not to have been a Scott Mitchell fan to begin with, decided he'd take matters into his own hands, specifically by not taking any Packers into his own hands.

This is what Brown said on SVP and Russillo (per NBC's transcript):


"We were playing Green Bay in Milwaukee," Brown said. "We were getting beat, 24-3, at that time and he just stunk up the place. He's throwing interceptions, just everything. So I looked at Kevin Glover, our All-Pro center and I said, ?Glove, that is it.' I said, ?I'm getting him out the game.' . . . So I got the gator arms on the guy at the last minute, he got around me, he hit Scott Mitchell, he did something to his finger . . . and he came out the game. [Lions backup quarterback] Dave Krieg came in the game."

It'll take you five minutes to listen to the interview segment (or just watch it above). In the meantime: Holy shit. And as much as it sounds like there was never any love lost between Brown and Mitchell ("He's not on my Christmas list," Brown says), you have to admire the results. The Free Press notes that Krieg came off the bench to throw three touchdowns after Packers defensive end Sean Jones broke a bone in Mitchell's hand. (Mitchell usually was at his best when he was handing off, to Barry Sanders.) Brown in effect made the coaching decision that Wayne Fontes (career record with the Lions: 67-66) wasn't willing to make. Still, Detroit lost, 38-30. Mostly because they were the kind of team on which the o-line had to get the starting quarterback injured in order to have a fighting chance. In other words, because they were the Lions.

http://deadspin.com/5970802/the-lio...ely-let-qb-scott-mitchell-get-injured-in-1994
 
I seem to remember a Lions playoff game vs the Bucs ('97?) when Mitchell got hit/sacked and laid prone on the turf, before being carted off the field, and not ONE player on their offense went over to see how badly Scotty was injured, or to offer him any words of encouragement, comfort or support.
 
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I seem to remember a Lions playoff game vs the Bucs ('97?) when Mitchell got hit/sacked and laid prone on the turf, before being carted off the field, and not ONE player on their offense went over to see how badly Scotty was injured, or to offer him any words of encouragement, comfort or support.

I remember in 1997 when he threw that OT pick 6 against Cincy and then he kept trying to apologize to guys in the locker room and Porcher and a few other guys wanted to kill him.
 
Come on tom, I bet that stuff happened a lot back then.

It probably did and I still think it is bull shit. To me what Lomas did is worse than anything Mitchell did. Scott Mitchell was trying to do his job but he just sucked. Lomas quit on his team and did something on purpose trying to get one of his team mates hurt.
 
It probably did and I still think it is bull shit. To me what Lomas did is worse than anything Mitchell did. Scott Mitchell was trying to do his job but he just sucked. Lomas quit on his team and did something on purpose trying to get one of his team mates hurt.

Well maybe he was just trying to get a better QB in the game, ergo he was trying to win.
 
Well maybe he was just trying to get a better QB in the game, ergo he was trying to win.

So if he thought the center sucked it would be OK for him to purposely roll up on his leg trying to injur him so he gets pulled? There is no way you can justify something like this.
 
I remember in 1997 when he threw that OT pick 6 against Cincy and then he kept trying to apologize to guys in the locker room and Porcher and a few other guys wanted to kill him.

That must have been the very last game that Mitchell ever QBed for the Lions vs the Bengals, but was in '98 and when Scott tossed his first of two INT, (the last which cost the Lions the game in OT) which enraged their HC Booby Loss who turned beet-red while shaking his clenched fist in anger, Mitchell slunk to the Lions sideline as far away from him as possible..lol!!


http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199809130det.htm
 
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Wow what a piece of shit, didn't think lomas was of the same moral fiber as Lawrence Philips. Lost some respect for him after hearing this, figures a classes piece of shit would be bragging about too.
 
That must have been the very last game that Mitchell ever QBed for the Lions vs the Bengals, but was in '98 and when Scott tossed his first of two INT, (the last which cost the Lions the game in OT) which enraged their HC Booby Loss who turned beet-red while shaking his clenched fist in anger, Mitchell slunk to the Lions sideline as far away from him as possible..lol!!


http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199809130det.htm

Yeah, that's the game I was talking about.
 
didn't think Lomas was a quitter.....that's not something you should brag about.
 
Pretty fucked up story...wow. I get the whole " we don't like you" game that goes on in the lockeroom, but to admit that he purposely wanted to get his "teammate" hurt and taken out of the game is a little disturbing..lol.
Mitchell was a well known jerkoff and had a terrible work ethic when he came to Detroit though. Must have been a lot of shit going on. Goes to show you how long this fn organization has been a laughingstock in the NFL for the longest time....pretty pathetic.
 
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Lomas just lost a lot of credibility as an analyst when it comes to questioning anyone's effort.
 
The train just doesn't stop. Lol and melton from the bears is bringing up the whole "dirty team" thing AGAIN. We get a once in a generation player and apparently that's the only good this team gets every two decades.
 
If the Lions said they were pulling up stakes and moving to say ... Albuquerque ... I can honestly say, "Okay. Thanks for nothing."
 
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