Week 1 · 2025–26 season
Browns
L 16-17 vs Bengals · Sep 7, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Browns fans blaming Szmyt's missed kicks, the football gods, and their own decision to keep watching.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
A.Szmyt's wide-right 36-yarder at the 2:25 mark would have flipped the game, and instead J.Flacco threw the D.Turner pick on the very next possession to seal it — the second tipped interception of the day after J.Battle's in the third. Two missed kicks, two deflected picks, one point short. The offense moved the ball; the margins betrayed it, which is the oldest Cleveland story there is.
What fans said
“Classic Browns. We were the better team but left 4 points out there because of a shitty kicking performance and gave up two highlight diving INTs off tips. We are cursed.”
u/BooMasterChoo▲ 301despair
“We are so cursed. It's almost supernatural how we manage to lose. Any random D1 kicker could have won it for us.”
u/gryffon5147▲ 121despair
“Fire smyzt into the fucking sun.”
u/THEChapDaddy20▲ 101rage
“Four drop passes, two of which led directly to picks, two missed kicks that would’ve won the game. This team is a fucking joke.”
u/The_ARABTHUNDR▲ 62rage
“If you don’t like that, you don’t like Browns football!”
u/the_unbecoming_taco▲ 123joy
“Turns out I hate browns football”
u/JumpinJehosaphats▲ 40rage
14 more
“Boswell just kicked a 60 yarder with like 30 secs left for the Steelers win.”
u/stay_fr0sty▲ 50joy
“Classic Browns. I expect almost nothing and am almost always disappointed.”
u/Major_Wumbology▲ 55despair
“Fuck you Andre Szmyt and never come back to Cleveland again.”
u/ToschePowerConverter▲ 23rage
“Kickers out here making 55+ FGs and ours can't even make an extra point”
u/ElSleepychameleon▲ 113frustration
“Well… that pissed me the fuck off.”
u/jenderation▲ 33rage
“Part of me misses having homework so I had something else to focus on”
u/StyxxFireMancer▲ 27despair
“This game was so unbelievably winnable. This kicking shit has to change. Missing 2 kicks inside the 40 should be something that ends your tenure.”
u/brownstown4life▲ 43frustration
“I don't know why I watch anymore. I have no love for this team. They only hurt me”
u/Ooklathemok12▲ 17despair
“Sampson and Fannin played like 1 or 2nd round picks. Got some real starters in those two.”
u/gryffon5147▲ 70pride
“THREE STRAIGHT SACKS WHAT THE FUCK”
u/aristot1e▲ 15joy
“How the fuck do we keep getting kickers who crack under pressure. Like fuck.”
u/rex5k▲ 20rage
“Myles is so superhuman that he’ll do a Superman tackle like that and everyone is like “yeah, that’s about right””
u/GreenTeachy▲ 13joy
“For good measure, fuck the Steelers”
u/clownpainusdotfort▲ 12rage
“Cut this fucking kid. Jesus Christ it’s always something with this fucking team”
u/kyrieshandles▲ 12rage