This was a exciting football game but it ended in shocking fashion for the poor Cleveland Browns.  The Browns appeared to intercept a Hail Mary pass by Lions’ QB Matt Stafford on the last play of the game.  But, pass interference was called on Browns’ CB Hank Poteat giving the Lions a untimed play.  On that untimed played Matt Stafford hit fellow rookie Brandon Pettigrew for a 1-yard TD pass.  The Lions then kicked the extra point putting the Browns away once again.

That shocking end ruined a great effort on offense by the Cleveland Browns.  It all started with Brady Quinn who was awesome today completing 21 of 33 passes for 304 yards with 4 TD passes and 0 INTs.  He also carried the ball 2 times for 4 yards on QB sneaks right behind the center for first downs.  Quinn was fantastic today as he looked calm in the pocket and delivered perfect pass after perfect pass.  Jamal Lewis got his work in today with 24 carries for 75 yards (3.1 ypc).  Chris Jennings was also a busy body carrying the ball 10 times for 36 yards (3.6 ypc) and he also caught 5 passes for 38 yards (7.6 avg).  Joshua Cribbs pitched in with 4 carries for 16 yards and he also caught 2 passes for 39 yards (19.5 avg) with a TD grab.  Mohamed Massaquoi dropped some easy passes but he also caught 5 for 115 yards (23.0 avg) with a TD.  Chansi Stuckey finally showed up for the Browns in this game catching 5 passes for 76 yards (15.2 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Huge TE Michael Gaines caught 2 passes for only 5 yards but one of his grabs went for a TD that put the Browns ahead in this game in the 4th quarter.  The Browns finished up with 439 totaly yards on offense (131 rushing, 308 passing) as they had possession of the football for 34:46 in this game.

The defense tightened up against the run today but they still made rookie QB Matt Stafford look like John Elway today.  Stafford set a all-time NFL record for rookie QBs by tossing 5 TD passes today.  Abram Elam led the way for the Browns with 7 tackles today.  LB David Bowens had another decent game for the Browns with 6 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 sack and 1 QB hit.  The Lions finished up with 473 total yards on offense (57 rushing, 416 passing) today.  The Browns are now a pathetic 1-9 on the season.