We’re not quite at the running-out-of-bounds-for-a-safety level of Detroit Lions hilarity, but the 2022 edition of the Lions still manage to embarrass themselves — even in competitive games.
The Lions dropped to 1-6 on the season after Sunday’s 31-27 Week 8 loss to the Dolphins, and it will be tough to ignore the rough series that cornerback Amani Oruwariye had to start the third quarter. After allowing a couple receptions on a long Dolphins drive, Oruwariye completely lost where he was with Miami lining up for first and goal from the one-yard line.
You can watch a lot of football, and you probably won’t see any player line up offsides more blatantly than Oruwariye did right there.
Dying at how far offsides the Lions defender at the top of the screen lined up pic.twitter.com/CU7sklcQ0R
— Computer Cowboy (@benbbaldwin) October 30, 2022
Like, how did he not realize that the ball was behind him there? He’s looking right at it! It wasn’t even close.
The Dolphins would score on the next play, and NFL fans used that screenshot as a great excuse to mock the Lions.
This was how Twitter reacted
This is really just the first thing they teach you. Didn’t matter .. but line up right. https://t.co/EqXKtI7KqH
— Pat Connelly (@POConnelly) October 30, 2022
Yep, we're real proud of the defense we have in Detroit… 🙄https://t.co/mMHG2RCAbn
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) October 30, 2022
He looks photoshopped into the play. https://t.co/v0iBFR8Bdj
— Rob Slater (@RobSlater10) October 30, 2022
This is why I don’t wanna hear the “but they’re young/it’s a rebuild” excuses.
High school players have better situational awareness than this. https://t.co/2PzH8carKL
— Jay Scott Smith (@JayScottSmith) October 30, 2022
“Why is collecting football data so hard, Seth?” https://t.co/C0PypyWm6K
— Anchorage Man (@SethPartnow) October 30, 2022
This is almost impossibly difficult to do as a corner. https://t.co/2Yq9crcK7O
— Same New Lions (@SameNewLions) October 30, 2022
The state of things in Detroit… https://t.co/5YKuxr6myl
— Ray Diggs (@Ray__Diggs) October 30, 2022
Pretty much sums up how bad the Lions defense is. His entire body is offsides and he’s looking at the ball. Dear lord, this defense is awful. #lions #Dolphins #nfl https://t.co/OYvCSUKGvc
— Brandon Saidla (@SC_Blakerz) October 30, 2022
There’s offsides and then there is OFFSIDES https://t.co/jpNaZG51Ij
— Howie Roseman’s Burner (@HowieBurner) October 30, 2022
Death, taxes and the Lions doing Lions things. https://t.co/IWDqGQMtZ3
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) October 30, 2022
If you are gonna line up offsides, might as well make it count. https://t.co/PGcLAHXufz
— John Akey (he/him) (@jpakey99) October 30, 2022
And the man is looking across the line like, “yeah im still good” https://t.co/h6LIvNxLLs
— B (@shuter_max) October 30, 2022
That’s the Detroit Lions in a nutshell.
