The Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers Monday Night Football game got off to the worst-possible start.
After Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson threw a pick-six on the first play of the game and Pittsburgh punt returner Gunner Olszewski lost his team a sizable amount of yardage by catching a bad punt, the fumble spree of the decade hit both teams late in the first quarter.
On a Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett pass to Olszewski (poor guy), Browns cornerback Denzel Ward popped the ball right out of Olszewski’s hands on the field as his teammate Grant Delpit scooped it up for the fumble recovery.
Well, at least he did until he got hit and fumbled the ball before it touched players for both teams and veered out of bounds.
Somehow, Cleveland came up with the fumble recovery, but nobody should gotten any credit for this disaster of a sequence.
Fumbles everywhere!
📺: #CLEvsPIT on ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/zWM8hlwLFw pic.twitter.com/5sKASO1Jjp— NFL (@NFL) September 19, 2023
Like, what? We don’t even know what to say.
In the words of Daniel Craig’s Knives Out detective Benoit Blanc, “It’s so dumb.”
Feature image courtesy of ESPN.
NFL fans were bewildered by how ridiculous this play was.
Where’s Tyler Biadasz to put an end to this fumble madness. https://t.co/05C6m5v4Pf
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdESPN) September 19, 2023
both games looking like a battle of the mids https://t.co/NLL9HXUK7u
— britt ✨ (@BrittneyKaira) September 19, 2023
the only thing missing from this play is "Entry of the Gladiators" as the soundtrack #CLEvsPIT #MNF https://t.co/IDPcuVD7a2
— Lance Medow (@LanceMedow) September 19, 2023
This reminded me of the old Football Follies I would watch from @NFLFilms. The only thing missing is John Facenda. https://t.co/UCq9KIzMgZ
— Steve Kaplowitz (@stevekaplowitz) September 19, 2023
This offense is absolutely atrocious https://t.co/XdfD2wIsFL
— Dan Vasko (@danvasko) September 19, 2023
Going to be hard to find a funnier play than this in the NFL this year https://t.co/Chdcvwarje
— Jeff Parles (@jeffparles) September 19, 2023
Can I get some Pat Freiermuth points for that forced fumble @YahooFantasy https://t.co/liUBlPF6WX
— Devon🇯🇵🦅 (@BlacknAction) September 19, 2023
what in the world https://t.co/8DvoaSU7nY
— K. (@thekaylakay) September 19, 2023
I dislike everything about this https://t.co/9p1KAhpNSb
— Ryan Naumann (@RyBabyFresh) September 19, 2023
professional football by the way https://t.co/Uokqi6KS95
— David (@DavidGEsports) September 19, 2023
This Monday night game is looking more like a Thursday night. https://t.co/WDVwmUkXFY
— Alec Nolan (@AlecABC30) September 19, 2023
Ravens winning AFC North by default https://t.co/PQBprI2dMi
— Uncle Mark (@marksaenz3) September 19, 2023
Well that's an interesting exchange 😂😂 https://t.co/weASgJqRTg
— Jarrod Thurman (@jarrod_thurman) September 19, 2023
All that was missing was the Benny Hill music. #CLEvsPIT https://t.co/ABUxYPRL0M
— LaKeena McGee (@KeenaMcGee) September 19, 2023
we are such an embarrassment 😂 https://t.co/EXEalywqIA
— Daniel Ruggiero (@rugger_7) September 19, 2023
This game is a MASTERCLASS of bad football. https://t.co/bOo1CdXo3r pic.twitter.com/UlbENLDR9Y
— KMack Sports (@KMackSports) September 19, 2023
