Brown blames elements for muffing kickoffs

Rookie Aaron Brown muffed two kickoffs in Sunday's 48-24 loss at Chicago, and that was part of the reason why he has lost the Lions' kickoff return job. He blamed the elements at Soldier Field in the Lions' first outdoor game this season, though he said he had no excuses. The sun was a problem on the first one. "I guess we've been playing in the dome for so long, the sun hasn't ever been an issue - or wind," Brown said. "The sun being in my face, I just didn't put my hand up like I should have. As soon as it got really high, the sun got right into it and it just blinded me." The wind was a problem on the second. "The second one, I was trying to cheat over, because the wind was blowing to my left to the right, and (Bears kicker Robbie Gould) saw what I was doing and he kicked it to my right and I ran over there. Me running that fast and the ball coming that fast, to me, it just kind of hit, you know? I muffed it, and you can...