NFL Teams That Will Never Live Down Their Embarrassing Mistakes

Football 2/14/18

The Refs For Having Bad Aim

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Lineman Orlando Brown was struck in the eye in 1999 and didn’t play again until 2003. How was he struck you ask? The refs threw a wild penalty flag that hit Brown right in the eye. Brown was upset and confronted the ref but ended up getting ejected.

He was hospitalized for a week due to the incident. How hard was the ref throwing this flag? As a result, Brown missed years of football and sued the NFL for it. He settled for millions in the end.