C.C. Brown Makes List of Worst 100 Players of All Time

C.C. Brown, checked in at No. 90 on Jeff Pearlman’s ranking on deadspin.com of the bottom 100 players ever. “I mean, I really don’t give a (bleep) about it,” Brown said. “It is what it is, man. (Bleep) that list. Whoever said it, you can tell them I said (bleep) their list and (bleep) them, too.” Brown, who lost his starting safety job this year to rookie Amari Spievey, was one of two current Lions on the list, along with linebacker Bobby Carpenter (No. 98). Of Brown, Pearlman writes, “As the joke goes, C.C. stands for ‘Can’t Cover.’ Some players manage to find work no matter how poorly they play. Here’s Exhibit A.”

Brown was asked how much his one season in the spotlight of New York played into Pearlman’s ranking. “I mean, bottom line, I should have never took my (butt) to New York,” said Brown, who was booed by Giants fans in his return to New York earlier this year. “The scheme wasn’t right for me. The atmosphere wasn’t right for me. I’m not one of those guys that need to be on a big-market team. I need to be on a small, low-key team without all the media attention. It was just a bad choice on me to go there. “It took me out of my character, being around the cameras and all that. I’m not one of those guys; I’m a shy guy. I don’t need to be around the cameras and all that. I just like to come in, do my job and then leave back out.”

And one other thing about the list:

“They’re going to put who they want on that list,” Brown said. “There’s a bunch of guys out there that’s so-called supposed to be the man, but they’re sorry as (bleep), but they ain’t going to put them on that list because that’s probably one of their guys when they were coming out. To the guy that got that list, he can kiss my (butt). Quote that.”

How is Raiola not on this list?