Former Lions offensive tackle and current ESPN analyst Lomas Brown made a startling confession in a radio interview on Friday: Brown said that he once purposely missed a block because he wanted the man he was supposed to block, Packers defensive end Sean Jones, to injure Lions quarterback Scott Mitchell.
In an interview on ESPN Radio, Brown said that in a 1994 game, he purposely whiffed on Jones so that Jones could get a clean shot on Mitchell. Sure enough, Brown got his intended result, as Mitchell was knocked out of the game.
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. Hes throwing interceptions, just everything. So I looked at Kevin Glover, our All-Pro center and I said, Glove, that is it. I said, Im 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.
Host Ryen Russillo expressed shock that Brown would admit such a thing, but Brown showed no remorse.
As you can tell, Im just not a big fan of Scott Mitchell. Hes just not on my Christmas list. He wont be getting any Christmas presents from me this year, Brown said.
The Detroit Free Press notes that while Brown misremembered some of the details of the game, his basic description of what happened adds up: Jones drilled Mitchell with a hit that broke a finger on Mitchells passing hand, and Mitchell was replaced by Krieg. As Brown correctly recalled, Mitchell was having a terrible game, but Krieg played well in relief for the rest of that game and played well for the Lions the rest of the season.
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