#2 Earnest Byner's Fumble | NFL Films | Top 10 Worst Plays
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2016
- Check out where former Cleveland Browns running back Earnest Byner's fumble landed on the NFL's Top 10 worst plays.
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I feel sorry for the guy here. At least he was giving it everything, desperately trying to score that touchdown. He wasn't showboating, he didn't run up his own player's arse, he didn't make a stupid decision. He just had the ball knocked out of his hands. At least he died trying.
Paulie Jay And scoring that TD would have...tied the game and given arguably the greatest 2-Minute Drill quarterback in NFL history much more than enough time to get into field goal range.
This is really unfair...Earnest Byner was just fighting for the touchdown.
Exactly I always think of it as a great play by Castille
Carried the ball like a load of bread, keep it high and tight or this can happen.
Webster Slaughter missed his block. He apparently was supposed to block Jeremiah Castille but didn’t do it
Really 2nd worst play of all time? Tragic sure, but 'worst'?
Especially since, if he does score...the game is tied, and John Elway has a full minute, with timeouts.
"While many scapegoated Byner -- who had 187 total yards in the game -- coach Marty Schottenheimer later explained to NFL Films that receiver Webster Slaughter was supposed to take Castille to the corner of the end zone and block him, but instead cut his route short to watch the play. That put Castille in position to strip the ball from Byner, who went on to have a successful career but will sadly always be remembered at least in part for this one play."
lol thats a terrible excuse. you dont get a free license to not secure the football because "everyone was supposed to be blocked." that's always the plan. whether your guy stopped to watch the play or just got beat, that's always a possibility.
@@charleshessproductions It's not an excuse. It's the facts. Castille would have never been in the position to make that play if Slaughter doesn't stop his route. That's why coaches always want receivers to still run their routes in those situations so that a DB can't be in position to make a play on the ball.
And at that point, Byner is trying to go in for a touchdown and do whatever he can to score, and it took a tremendous effort by Castille to even rip that ball out. If you look at the replay, it's not like Byner was loosely holding the ball. He just didn't have two hands on it because he was trying to get in the end zone. And if Slaughter had done his job, history is probably very different 33 years later.
Eh he was holding it loosely a second before so probs wasn't holding it so tight when got stripped
@@charleshessproductions It's normal to cradle the ball with one arm in an open field. Had he clutch the ball with both arms, he wouldn't be able to run fast. If the play started at the 1 yard line, then yeah it wouldn't make sense to hold the ball in one arm.
Shouldnt it be called a great play by the guy who stripped the ball?
I agree. Not only did Jeremiah Castille strip the ball, but he also recovered it a split second before four offensive lineman fell on him. If Cleveland recovers that ball, they're still in great position to tie the game up.
Cabbage man you can say that about every bad play on the list
I don't know is that a great way to win a game? I'm not sure I agree.
Castile stripped the ball from him. he was supposed to be blocked by webstar slaughter 84. instead slaughter wanted to watch the play
My thoughts exactly.
2:55 #86 Brian Brennan's face speaks volumes of how that loss felt to the Browns and their fans especially in light of what happened the year before. Revenge for The Drive was a massive motivator for the '87 Browns that entire season only to see it end in repeat heartbreak.
the worst thing is not the fumble but the betrayal.
Joshua browns owner moves team to baltimore and became the ravens. While Cleveland didn’t have a team for 3 years, the ravens won the Super Bowl, which to this day the browns have never reached.
Art modell
Call it what you will but this long time Browns fan knows Ernest Byner carried that team on his back the second half of the game that day
This shouldn't even be on this list.
For real, it was just a good defensive play
Da SharpenedTactic ikr wtf
Actually, it was more than that. Webster Slaughter just stood there and let his man strip Byner of the ball. Had he done his job and cleared a path, then Byner scores easily, thus I believe this play deserves to be on this list, but more for the fact Slaughter set up his teammate for failure.
Seriously, Byner does not deserve as much blame as him for this mishap. Why he does is a travesty.
+Jonathan83X your right about webster slaughter it was mentioned in the top 5 reasons you cant blame earnest byner
Besides, the Redskins would have wrecked the Browns in the SB.
Jeremiah Castille who was a cast off from Tampa Bay made an outstanding play and should be credited with the win in my opinion.
Not even a browns fan but I still feel bad for Byner. He had a great game and Castille made a great play
The guy in the the stands with the sign that reads I'm only here because i couldn't sell my tickets. Has me cracking up
Read it again...he said he couldn't Give the tickets away lol
Think if earnest Byner scored then John Elway would do a repeat in Cleveland cause with his rifle like arm plus his feet would've put denver in field goal range
My dating life in a nutshell
This comment is gold!
Byner ended up being the feature tailback for a Super Bowl winning team and scored a TD in the title game, while most of the Broncos players never got a ring.
Despite not being a Cleveland Browns fan, I watched the whole game and believe that if Earnest Byner had not been on the field, the Browns would have been humiliated by the Denver Broncos. However, most people just remember the fumble. Earnest Byner
the cavs breaking the curse changed the acronym from "Only in Cleveland" to "Only in Cleveland Expect cavs"
mark perez yuo
The Indians blew a 3-1 lead
That's why you hold onto the ball with two hands especially around the goal line.
I think fumble is more a painful play than the worst play. If that play went to endzone instead of fumbling it that would be a worst play at all.
Jeremiah Castille made a great play on the ball and stripped it. It is what it is. Cleveland Browns fans love Earnest Byner.
I was 16 years old sitting in the south stands at old mile high stadium with my dad that day..
The legacy of this play is so ridiculous. Even if he scores, they have to stop an Elway 2:00 drive and then win in OT. Not likely. Yet people treat it like he cost the Browns the Super Bowl
This was a stupid list. Ernest Byner's fumble was not a "worst play". Jeremiah Castile recognized the formation and stripped the ball. He made a great play. Ernest Byner put the Browns on his back in the 2nd half to get them within that touchdown. This play does not belong in the same list as Jim Marshall's run or Garo's Pass.
Castile recognized the play in part due to Webster Slaughter stopping his route, which would have taken Castile away from the play.
I was a big Browns fan. As much as the fumble hurt, I actually blamed Marty ball. He was the reason they were behind. I hated his "play not to lose" approach.
Through his career, he had some of the best teams "not" to win a Super Bowl.
Glad Byner got a ring with the Redskins. He was unfairly scapegoated by the Browns fans, especially considering he was carrying the damn team on his back that day.
Cleveland loves Byner
Byner got a 2nd ring with the Ravens, albeit as an executive and not as a player.
I don't agree with either this or #1. Turnovers happen almost every game on average, and they're only ranked this high due to circumstance. All the other plays on this list were bizarre or "why was that even run?"
KingOfTheNighttime so would you have thrown it against the Patriots on the goal line. OR would you be smart and pass it off to the guy who had been one of the higher scorers within the 10 yard line and had won Games for the Seahawks just like that in a similar situation(Marshawn Lynch is called BeastMode for a reason). Yes The Byner fumble was simply a fumble that wasn't the fault on the offenses fault as much as how good the defense was
That's both a loaded question and 20/20 hindsight. Russell Wilson had a hot hand at the time and I don't blame Carroll for simultaneously riding it and trying to catch the Patriots off balance. If you and everybody else expected Lynch to try to power it in, *then so did Belichick.*
I read a couple of weeks ago online that Bill Belichick and the Patriots were waiting for the goal line slant according to Malcolm Williams. The Patriots had observed the Seahawks running the same route/play on several occasions when reviewing game films during Super Bowl preparations.
Samuel Hsu Actually, Beast Moron sucked from the 1, so it was a smart call.
This was a PR choice for worst play to generate controversy. Earnest Byner doesn't deserve to be on this list. Thankfully was a great additio for Washington and won a Superbowl in 1992
#2? nah- not even close. earnest redeemed himself- he got his well deserved SB ring. as much as this one hurt- it still wasnt as painful to watch as "red right 88..."-no way. in the 1980- the cleveland browns were the best team in football- for 59 minutes...
The difference between Biners and Bettis fumble is the Steelers have won multiple super bowl’s and the Browns haven’t even been in one
I watched live as a teenager. Nearly shat myself.
Webster Slaughter blew his block which enabled the strip. Otherwise the Browns would have been in the Superbowl that year
Worst play? More like some of the best defense in league history.
The Drive
The fumble
the shot
the decision
the comeback
the ring from the king
Jose Mesa.
The Cubs.
I always thought this game was the one with Elway's "the drive", I guess it was a different game
Dee Ford, welcome to this list.
This was a terrible moment but I’d argue that Red Right 88 was a worse play. If the weather wasn’t what it was and if the Browns had a more reliable kicker they would have never attempted a pass there. And Sipe was under orders to throw it away unless he had a sure thing. Instead he forced it in there and the rest is history.
Those who say it’s #2 are plainly ridiculous.
I don't think this should even be in the top 10. It was a great defense play
It should be considered a great play be the guy who stripped the ball
Jeremiah Castille
Byner was a great player & he’s much more than the fumble.
The Browns had gotten back in the game before that play. They had the momentum and control of the game.
People were wrong to dog him, it is just a game.
Thr browns were cursed well before the fumble. There is red right 88, the second half, the drive.
The actual list this belongs at #2 on - which you won’t see, because an NYG Network staffer could get fired for hypothesizing it in a brainstorming session - is “Top 10 Greatest Plays in Redskins History”.
I blame Webster Slaughter more than Earnest Byner.
People think this would have WON the game for the Browns, when it would have TIED the game & Elway had 1 minute left for another Game winning drive!
Nothing beats the Miracle in the Meadowlands.
It almost makes you wonder whether there wasn't some kind of curse since it was clear he was going to score a touchdown.
It wouldn't have ended the game. It would have sent it to overtime and Denver might have scored if he hadn't fumbled. It wasn't exactly over.
Two hands of the ball Ernest.
Scored just forgot the football. I imagine Jeremiah Castille necessarily had to strip it.
¡THE FUMBLE!
Nick harper , Earnest Byner. Ironically are both from Milledgeville, Ga
Runs hard to the end zone and the ball is stripped. Kudos to the D but Byner didn't deserve any hate here, nor should he even be on this list.
Too high. Hell, I don’t even know if it should be on the list. That was more about Castillo than it was about Earnest Byner.
30 years today
The same thing happened to my Steelers the year the Broncos won Their last Superbowl. #33 stuvant or something screwed us like byner
It's his fault. He didn't tuck the ball into his pit, cover and go. You hold the ball loose in one hand you're getting stripped.
I am a trained MMA fighter.
See 84? That’s the guy to blame for the fumble! He should’ve completed his route/ blocked the cb, who caused the fumble.
It's Webster Slaughter, but it wasn't his fault, either. I just watched this whole game on NFL Network. Just before the ball is snapped, Jeremiah Castille backs up seven yards off of Slaughter to get a better view. In the replay that's shown behind the Cleveland side, Castille breaks for Byner the second he gets the ball, and Slaughter isn't even in the picture. Cleveland couldn't tackle in this game. There was the Jackson touchdown, which if the first tackle gets made, forces a Denver punt. That play should not have gone 80 yards. Almost the same with the Winder touchdown. Just bad tackling all day.
@@Nhamp2000 Webster should have been blocking Castile. It was his fault.
@@Lawomenshoops How do you block a guy seven yards away?
If Byner is the only one who contributed the other scores for the Browns, how is he #2? Top 10, I could see. AFC Championship and leads to a Browns curse. Okay, somewhere #6-10, but 2? To me, he doesn't deserve it if he was the only one to score in that game. Blame the offense as a whole.
42jwiener the defense deserves the bulk of the blame, they gave up 38 points. Byner was the main reason Cleveland was in position to tie, he had almost 190 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. Cleveland was down 28-10 in the 3rd quarter.
This is nowhere near one of the “worst” plays, it’s just a great defensive play and a heartbreaking play, but nowhere near one of the “worst” plays.
@@maniacmasturbator2411 The defense bears the blame and Webster Slaughter. Had he kept running his route, he takes Castile out of the play so he's not in position to make that great strip.
@@pomerlain8924 It shouldn't have mattered because Byner should've taken care of the football better. I have great admiration and respect for Earnest Byner as a player and as a man but he did not take good care of the ball at times. That was at least the fifth time that season in which he fumbled inside the opponents' 10-yard line (against the Falcons, 49ers and Colts during the regular season and again against the Colts in the playoffs.) Maybe Slaughter should've run his route better, but Byner should've run right through that strip attempt and scored the touchdown.
If it hadn't been for Byner having a huge second half, the Browns would not even have had a chance to win. Calling him the goat is unfair.
Doesn’t really matter! Because for the 91 season he helped lead the Redskins to the super bowl. Had 2 amazing years with the Skins and a super bowl championship. Btw if he didn’t fumble and scored it would’ve tied the game. Also the Broncos got destroyed in that super bowl to the Redskins. Browns weren’t going to win that game. So it’s not a big deal
Justin Cosing Second best play in Redskins history...because they still would’ve beaten Cleveland, but never would’ve put up 35 in a quarter (and helped change the NFL) doing it, and otherwise he never becomes a key part of the greatest team ever.
I get it that it coulda got them to the superbowl but this is not that bad of a play... fumbles happen... this being ranked #2 or even in the top 10 is kinda dumb
Not kinda dumb, incredibly dumb. Why would they NOT give the ball to him. This is not in the same class as Marshall's wrong way run or Leon Lett (twice). This could rate as one of the most heartbreaking, but not dumb.
Norwood's missed kick is number two.
Over the Giants fumble? No way the height of stupidity. Topped only by the Seahawks not handing the ball to Lynch for a sure touchdown.
#1 Marcus Williams whiff
So if beast mode fumbled on the one yard line would it have been the worst play?!
I totally disagree with this being No. 2 on the list. The ones who think it should be there just like to trash-talk Cleveland. Clevelanders hardly ever think about this play anymore. A curse? Generations to remember this? What a total lack of respect for Cleveland!
Someone explain to me what Aaron Schatz's point is.
No way it’s #2. The giants fumble much worse play. This was just a tough break for a great player. Not a gross error of judgment like the giants or the Seahawks
That’s just harsh
Wasn't this the 4th fumble by a Browns player in the game?
The worst was Giants v Eagles. This is far too high.
they fired bill belichick XD
Cryptic 90 that was after the fumble
StFidjnr i know i was just saying. that the browns always fines a way to screw themselves up
2 words.
Art Modell
He wasn’t their coach in 1988, it was Schottenheimer
It’s all a shame but it will make that Super Bowl victory so much more sweet! 2021 here they come!
Nope lmao
@PhillyJay. 215. 2022 here they come! 😂😝
Ever since they fired Paul Brown, they’ve been awful. The Paul Brown Curse.
I’m 💯
Should have been taking better care of the ball
:o
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Had it not been for the fumble the redskins would’ve not won super bowl 26 and possibly super bowl 22
If that was an attempt at a joke, it sucked. Cleveland could barely get past Denver...who was flattened by Doug Williams and the Hogs. And the 1991 team was historically dominant with a deep backfield. No chance they don’t win it all that year.
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