Brown coach suggests injuries faked to slow down no huddle offense

[steven johnson]

Taking a flop for the team? Sounds like basketball and soccier.

Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini is questioning whether the Detroit Lions faked injuries to slow down Cleveland's no-huddle offense.

Mangini, who bemoaned the final, chaotic seconds of Cleveland's 38-37 loss Sunday, noted the Lions had several players leave the field injured, only to return. Mangini was asked if he was accusing Lions coach Jim Schwartz, whom he worked with previously in Cleveland, of having his players fake injuries.

"I'm just saying there were a lot of them," Mangini said Monday.

Mangini also feels the officials made an incorrect pass interference call at the end of the game, which gave the Lions an untimed down on the Cleveland 1-yard line. On the extra snap, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw his fifth touchdown pass.

Brown coach suggests injuries faked

[trumad]

1. Dead Man Walking

[madinmaryland]

2. Hey Mangini. Your team SUCKS.

Why would anyone fake an injury against your team?

:rofl:

[LisaM]

3. I didn't think it was a bogus call - I watched it about 10 times -

but they could have called roughing the passer on the play, too, so he should just shut up!

[hughee99]

4. Everyone lives in fear of Cleveland's two minute drill...

It's their 58 minute drill that sucks.