Ex-Chiefs Orlando Brown is Tired of Super Bowl Excuses

Like most people, Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Orlando Brown Jr. is sick of hearing players complain about the now-infamous field conditions from last season’s Super Bowl. C.J. Gardner-Johnson, a former Philadelphia Eagles safety, recently argued on Twitter that the outcome might have been different if the game had been played on actual grass.

Brown, who won the game with the Kansas City Chiefs, took issue and made a long remark:

“We talking about grass on the biggest stage…Y’all rush plan was to win with games when rushing 4 with a mix of man and zone thinking that s— was getting home ❌ !!!! On top of that y’all rushed 5 with Cov 1 and a splash of 3!! Let’s not act like the field helped me stop a bull rush, I gotta get cleats in the ground to stop it. If anything it helped y’all!!”

For what it’s worth, the NFL has discreetly chastised players for their game-day cleat selection. This reminds me of when a Buffalo Bills player said the playoff defeat to the Bengals would have been different if the field hadn’t been blanketed in snow.

Like that, this was silly offseason talk Brown was more than happy to shut down.