When Lions fans return from Sunday’s commercial break, they may be surprised to find their team penalized 15 yards.
Defender Jonah Jackson was flagged for unsportsmanlike behavior from the end of the 3rd to the beginning of the 4th. ’43.
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As Lions coach Dan Campbell explained, the penalty was for something Jackson said to a Browns player.
“I don’t know what to tell you. It’s been said. It’s something about someone’s mother, OK?” Campbell said. “And there was a lot of chatter going on there, but it was a penalty.”
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Insulting another player’s mother seems to be a great way for the Lions to get punished.
And the punishment turned out to be a brutal one for Detroit. The Lions had just gained 13 yards when they rushed back to D’Andre Swift to move into Cleveland territory, but they could only go 10 yards later and were forced to compete.
“It hurts. And look, [Jackson] know it,” said Campbell. He knew it when it came out, you know, but there was a lot of talk going on. And the reality is, while I’m being told it, I’m listening, but that’s part of it. “
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The last hit worked for the Lions as Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield hit a block on the next shot to return Detroit the ball at Cleveland 34.
But the Lions won only 9 yards on the latter drive and settled for the 43-yard goal. The Lions only had one more hold on the ball in the game – the match ended in a Go position – as they lost to the Browns 13-10 to a 0-9-1 loss of the season.
