Posted on 12/27/2012 1:24:00 PM PST by God luvs America
Former Detroit Lions offensive lineman Lomas Brown has apologized for recent comments he made about Scott Mitchell, claiming he regrets intentionally missing a block decades ago that resulted in the quarterback suffering an injury.
Brown, currently an NFL analyst for ESPN, admitted during a radio interview this past Friday that he allowed a defender to hit Mitchell because he was frustrated with the struggling quarterback when the two were Lions teammates in 1994.
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Brown was always a selfish, whiny loudmouth. As I recall, one year, he held out through training camp, then signed right at the star of the regular season. He reclaimed his starting job right away - a huge coaching error, in my opinion - and began playing before being properly physically-conditioned.
The result was an almost-immediate high ankle sprain that kept him out for several weeks. Playing out-of-shape was damaging to the team and a thumb-in-the-nose to Lions fans.
I was very happy to see him leave the team.
Brown was always a selfish, whiny loudmouth. As I recall, one year, he held out through training camp, then signed right at the star of the regular season. He reclaimed his starting job right away - a huge coaching error, in my opinion - and began playing before being properly physically-conditioned.
The result was an almost-immediate high ankle sprain that kept him out for several weeks. Playing out-of-shape was damaging to the team and a thumb-in-the-nose to Lions fans.
I was very happy to see him leave the team.
Brown was always a selfish, whiny loudmouth. As I recall, one year, he held out through training camp, then signed right at the star of the regular season. He reclaimed his starting job right away - a huge coaching error, in my opinion - and began playing before being properly physically-conditioned.
The result was an almost-immediate high ankle sprain that kept him out for several weeks. Playing out-of-shape was damaging to the team and a thumb-in-the-nose to Lions fans.
I was very happy to see him leave the team.
Sorry about the multiple posts. Seems to happen whenever I use this godforsaken iPad!
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