Found November 05, 2009 on The Wayne Fontes Experience:
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The loss to the St. Louis Rams crushed all hope the Lions were improving. They fooled us for a few games, but in losses to the Packers, and especially the Rams, the play on the field looked all too familiar to what we witnessed in the season of infinite and immense pain, 2008. So there were plenty of nominees for Facepalms, but there were those who stood out with distinction! Those are who we honor today. Ig Nobel Facepalm - Dennis Northcutt and Bryant Johnson: The Ig Nobel is awarded to those first make people laugh, and then make them cry. The Detroit wide outs who were active (which excludes Calvin Johnson from accepting this Facepalm), specifically Dennis Northcutt and Bryant Johnson, had me in tears. Tears from laughing at their ineptitude, and tears of sadness for their mighty contribution to the success of the...St. Louis Rams. The Lions dropped a good 10 passes against the dreadful Rams, and Northcutt and Johnson were responsible for the majority of the ...
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