The Greatest NFL Game That Nobody Watched

this is Ford Field in Detroit home of the Lions today they meet the Browns Don tricky with Randy cross when with a long count looking to throw downfield he does long ball right on target across the 50-yard line so the Browns hit deep Massaquoi rookie makes the big play a good throw by Flynn at 24 yard gain beautiful high and outside backside shoulder throw by Brady Quinn Phillip Buchanon trying to get the coverage he missed five games that cheer with a leg injury but back in good health and from set down good ball is powered down and throw and the Browns who were shut out Monday night at home by the Ravens get points on their first possession they take a three nothing lead right now the first toe is intro on the flat and a huge get this this could girl Kevin Smith is inside the 20 and all the way down to the 16 yard line Rodney Poole saves a touchdown and on their opening play from scrimmage the Lions hit a 64 yard pass plays well Kevin Smith lines up in the backfield and watch him just come through here on the fake and when he does come through no one is with him the entire defense bites and shifts when they bite went they bite then they all shift away there's no one on the way and threw it first in ten Browns when play fake looking deep there's a long haul a big I mean an open receiver and the Browns are in the end zone with a sensational throw to mexicoís then they couldn't get the ball downfield Monday night they are doing it today a 59-yard scoring play the Massaquoi was working inside against Phillip Buchanon a little coordination problem between he and Co Simpson at safety this teams had five touchdowns the entire season fact 5 touchdowns the last 15 games making it look easy right now against Detroit Massaquoi and Matthew Stafford are mad a Brady Quinn just have it going on working against Buchanan and Simpson after Quinn Lions coming win dumps it filled with the ball right now hands off in the London Tricia shitty luck you can Arizona put the jet side he has it don't back down attitude Brady Quinn left a long touchdown for the Browns Chauncey Stuckey as Brady Quinn with the long balls is lighten it up in Detroit that was a 40-yard score for William James who was out of the game earlier with it little stinger trying to tackle Jamal Lewis trails the entire way took a little bite on that play action pump Chauncey Stuckey wide open I've heard who needs to make some big plays and here comes a blitz a big one kicked off rounds came up with the ball [Applause] taken by the way and finally now who goes but what a play the lion Lions fans are actually cheering the Browns at this point I'm not sure if Jenna Browns fans do not Sheriff Jeff Bacchus who made the tackle right there didn't get a little facemask on Eric right [Music] okay first down wasn't a face mass he grabbed the infeed helmets opening used it as a tackle 40-yard return by Eric right beautiful catch he talks about his speed every time he talks to this young man eventually in your conversation he's going to tell you how fast he is and I think he's got everybody in Detroit convinced that he's got some pretty good wheels watch back is 76 grab the part of the helmet didn't get the facemask but grab the opening of the helmet power set works pleasure crazy Quinn with three touchdown throws in the first quarter Josh Cribbs on the playoff end well that was a pass pattern that just required protection and man did Brady Quinn get protection when you can't score twenty one at a time so this calm down and be efficient if you're Matthew Stafford there's a nice time in Cloverdale on a crossing pattern McGrew the tight end six six 265 pounds knocking people down in a 29-yard game looks like so again this is gonna go the distance rug out of the backfield [Applause] we're perfectly a26 yeah play on touchdown well Don the whole idea of these bubble screens they they run them in college because teams wanna blitz the spread offense here in the NFL same thing they're blitzing inside look at the look they're giving Matthew Stafford it's blitz all the way throw the bubble screen get a couple blocks out in front of your runner our condolences to the Spillman family the game is the Browns 39 gonna catch first down lions big range receiver from Georgia Tech Calvin Johnson Merritt Allen Calvin Johnson they missed a lotta I picked wide receivers in Detroit they didn't miss on him here is a throw down feel that catch a touchdown no signal yet [Applause] and all of a sudden this game is turned around the Lions are right back in it on that 25 yard touchdown throw where you have to compliment the calm of Matthew Stafford Scott Linehan the offensive coordinator Jim Schwartz the head coach they got down 24 to 3 there was no rush to score to try to score 21 at once Maurice Flores is in the backfield swinging out a skank open receiver we're going to with the extra twice calvin johnson is in [Applause] thoughtlessly out of the game on their home field down twenty four to three after that 75 yard scoring play ready to tie it up with an extra point well don't confuse the ability to scramble with the ability to move Stanford moves by himself the time and man Calvin Johnson showed you a little bit of that speed we were talking about earlier his bride knee Poole couldn't stay close to him and once he caught the ball he had no chance to get in close to him via a wave of happiness seems to have swept over Ford Field here he's slow start for the Lions but they're now in a tie game and here is Quinn on a roll out swings it out well-executed play it's gonna go for yardage is running with the ball this Chris Jennings good sake and he screams the ball to Jenna jack Watchers and flunkies ahead for a first down to the 35 yard line of the Lions defensive end Jason hunter finally got him down with good play execution by the Browns and Quintin with the fake I generally would get on the first down Dawson can make this when works out pattern beautifully thrown ball for a first down throw let's just calm [Music] would fit [Applause] 29 yard field goal attempt hit up and good penalize teams one of the least penalized [Applause] Quinn look at that throw and look at that move with the ball and it looks like it see the linesman come in he had to get to the 30 and that must have the spot Chauncey Stuckey to Detroit rady Quinn under center on second luckin deep I'll throw beautifully connected downfield of the 46 yard line - Greg a stand iya pins up on him three nothing the top now listen now look at this run up to the 45 yard line first down run good for 12 yards long touchdown included Stafford and federated baseball and here is Calvin Johnson heading down when you're talking about Calvin Johnson eventually in a football game you'll marvel and his size and his ability of yards after the catch 30 yards here but watch the yards after he catches the ball this guy's 6 5 to 35 mook tear it down and use the acreage now here's a hand up the Lions lonoa to fake an ax throw in a touchdown beautiful execution will he'll her on the receiving end of his third touchdown catch first in 10 down for the Lions up by 4 [Applause] zone yeah Browns get two points they're gonna get the ball there are 2,000 to play holding offense that Tenley supply that's a sage browning offense number nine California's own safety those bounds occurred in the end zone both would have resulted in two points [Applause] to work [Music] gives us all the way down to the out of the for our set triple tight ends Oh [Applause] the brown Michael gains that are receiving in and now I would Randy the Browns go for to an orphan what a beautiful job fighting through the tackle Brady Quinn fades and fades of AIDS and evades many churches trying to make the tackle but talk about gains at 6-foot to 270 Brown's lead by four looking to extend dual [Applause] [Music] to Jamal Lewis I empty the backfield one linesman he has it and he won not if they come in from the side the near sidelines Minh has it right on the 50 if they mark it with this left foot it's going to be a first down about a wallet [Applause] nobody's wallet to pull Brian one of the twin sons of the former bears coach Buddy Ryan Pettigrew one rookie to another Stafford uh Brendon pedigo it is the second time today Matthew Stafford is intercepted by the Browns estimates brodny cool and the Browns take over the ball with a six-point lead in 342 play watch brightening Poole come out of the left side of your screen he is tracking this ball as the receiver rated Quinn [Applause] first down Cleveland's stance he stuck he's been making plays all days empty here comes the Blitz he gets throw off target and the Lions will get it back here's your snap blush coming off the back for the net connection he's completed out his back foot on the ball inside into the middle of the field near the ground [Applause] he's at the top of your screen Calvin Johnson Stanford fires hard makes a connection gets his tight end and he has a first out of the 40 it's gonna be about 20 hit 728 buy time they kill this what a game third down coming up question of whether or not try to stick this thing up hold to Calvin Johnson [Music] clock ticking 13 as killed in Stafford 8 seconds remaining Stafford bakes percent that's in the pocket rolls left which is going to be hit got to get rid of it Stafford set look now running back to his right Stafford looking for somewhere to go Texas rose and go watch out he pushed him that's got to be a flag it's gonna be first and goal Lyon Stanford shaken up he's up [Applause] my efforts heard first half this pass interference is against the Cleveland Browns matza that was charged with the first is against the bronze we thought originally and here step now he gets hurt on him and the tone man he's driven into the ground hard the ball is intercepted but the pass interference is against Cleveland look at this so now it's going to be with no time out of the closet one play for the Lions daunte culpepper at quarterback you win it or lose it yeah he had to come in he's not warmed up as Stafford was hurt on the play This Is It this is the game Cleveland now that Browns want a defensive timeout to take a look at what the opportunities might be for Dante Culpepper who comes in off the bench never threw a warm-up throw staffer was hurt enough Eric Mangini in heavy protest that left shoulder collarbone area he's up he's looking better now fortunately what is going to happen now these two teams paddling for respectability really one and eight coming in God my question is the other back they they called the penalty on Cleveland then they said they charged Detroit right they said I would an injury timeout they didn't have any timeouts so this is it one last play for the Lions and for the Browns Wow all right gets it in they win it flavor wins it with a stop 1 yards a game [Applause] touchdown they didn't [Applause] if they hit the extra point which is an [Applause] of success by Max Ted accrues mat staffers left shoulder in Detroit has to get off the field and he sticks it right into his young tight end right in front of trails nicked Resnick that's got to be killing him it's right on that sweating that collarbone area where he got crunched down the what a comeback what a game what a heartbreak for the Browns which tremendous effort Lions find away back there again [Music] first quarter extra point is good and the game is over the Lions beat the Browns 38 to 37 heartbreak for the Cleveland Browns if I was Eric Mangini though I want an explanation I know about the pass interference but then the official McCauley announced that there was an injury for Detroit and they were charging them a timeout but they didn't have any timeouts that would have been a runoff in that case so the fifth touchdown pass of the day by Stafford decides the game on the last play remember that five touchdowns for Matt Stafford according to our sources makes him the first rookie quarterback in the history of the league to have five touchdown pass

Channel: Highlight Heaven

Views: 3,869,407

Rating: 4.8942037 out of 5

Keywords: Highlights, Highlight Heaven, browns vs lions 2009, the greatest game that nobody watched, 2009 browns lions, nfl highlights, detroit lions, cleveland browns, 1-8, lions vs browns 2009 highlights, american football, nfl, top plays, best plays

Id: 41mQLDA38TI

Length: 17min 39sec (1059 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 21 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/Sober_Browns_Fan]

The ending of this game gets reposted fairly often. It was way too big of a moment for Stafford to be forgotten.

[u/Donaldisinthehouse]

With our swoll ass qb Quinn

[u/xcoreff]

I remember this game fondly - if that was Brady vs Manning it would be considered the greatest of all time. Such a great game

[u/ecasco13]

Why tf would the browns call a time out

[u/[deleted]]

There was a time when Mohamed Massaquoi was like the hottest fantasy sleeper (and team name muse). Watching this made me wonder whatever happened to him, and Wikipedia says he lost four fingers in a brutal ATV accident. I liked it better when I didn’t know.

[u/Fozzy420]

Could someone crunch the numbers on megatron getting tackled inside the five? I'll bet its some insane outlier as far as stats go. I swear every single game I've seen of him the dude had at least one or two long completions where he didnt quite make it to the endzone.

[u/Liverpoolclippers]

Highlights of this game are the reason I became a Lions fan. I'd been a casual fan of the NFL from England for about 4 years but had no team and something clicked after watching this. Stafford is the absolute man

[u/GR_Ben]

Actually I watched the whole thing so this is inaccurate.

[u/RaiderThunder04]

Brandon Pettigrew was a really underrated tight end imo.