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Browns' Joe Flacco's Utterly Inexplicable Interception vs. Lions Had Fans Cracking Up

Liam McKeone

Joe Flacco tossed a bizarre interception against the Lions for the Browns on Sunday.
Joe Flacco tossed a bizarre interception against the Lions for the Browns on Sunday. / NFL
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The Browns traveled to Detroit to take on the Lions on Sunday. It took less than one full quarter for the game to produce one of the funniest lowlights of the season.

With the score tied 7–7, the Browns had the ball and were facing a third-and-8 in their own territory with just under two minutes to go in the first frame. Starting quarterback Joe Flacco dropped back to pass and tossed up a nice lob down the left sideline.

The problem? There was not a single Browns player within 20 yards of where he threw it. And Flacco threw it in bounds. This gifted Detroit's All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph the easiest interception he's ever seen.

Clearly there was some kind of miscommunication on the play. Based on the video, the best guess is Flacco was trying to throw a fade route to Cedric Tillman, who stops running a few yards into his route at the bottom of the screen. But there was a lot of time for Flacco to pull back if that was the case and he threw it anyway.

The end result is the hilarious still image of Joseph fielding Flacco's throw like a punt while there is not a single Cleveland player on screen.

Joe Flacco interception fo Kerby Joseph.
It's tough out here for Joe Flacco. / NFL

The brutal lowlight from the 40-year-old had fans around the league cracking up.

Flacco has had better throws. But the Lions were unable to punish Cleveland fully for his mistake. The Browns' defense held Detroit to a field goal after Joseph's interception.

Not going to be fun to see on tape regardless.

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LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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