Former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar blamed a porous offensive line for his failure of a field sobriety test on Sunday.

Kosar was pulled over for speeding in suburban Cleveland early Sunday morning, and after the police officer detected a strong smell of alcohol from the car, the officers asked Kosar to perform a standard field sobriety test.

Kosar refused a Breathalyzer, and then failed tests where he was asked to stand on one leg, walk in a straight line, etc. Kosar blamed his inability to pass these tests on various surgeries he endured in his pro career “because his line couldn’t block.”

From the AP (emphasis ours):

“I asked Mr. Kosar if he could recite the alphabet starting at E and ending at W,” the police officer stated on the report. “Mr. Kosar started E, F, G, P, L, M, O, Q and from there it trailed on with more letters that were not correct and ended at X.“

So close.

Kosar’s attorney entered in a not-guilty plea on his client’s behalf on Monday.

A pretrial hearing for Kosar’s case has been scheduled for December 9th in Bedford Municipal Court.

(AP provided reporting for this story.)