NFL fumble

Bouchie

This was posted on yahoo, I'm wondering what it means, since Brooks is on my fantasy team:

Nov 8 Saints' quarterback Aaron Brooks took the blame for throwing a backwards pass that resulted in a 23-yard loss during Sunday's loss to the Chargers. "When I switched Deuce to the other side, he was leading out on the takedown," Brooks told the New Orleans Times-Picayune following the game. "As a quarterback, instinctively, you should hit the next colored jersey, which I thought was Deuce, but it was Wayne. That was a very, very, very bad mistake on my part."

Views: Gandy weighs 307 lbs. and wears No. 72, while McAllister weighs 221 lbs. and wears No. 26. It's easy to see how Brooks could make such a mistake. Wait, no it's not! This might be the worst play in the history of the Saints organization. And when you think about all those years that the fans wore paper bags (which should return any week now) over their heads, that's really saying something.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

I didnt see the play, but from i read, the play went something like this:

Brooks took the ball and was getting ready to throw a little screen pass to his running back, Deuce McAllister. Instead, he threw the ball to one of his offensive linemen, and the ,lneman was actually a little behind him (since he was forming the pocket), so it counts as a fumble, not an incomplete pass (a throw has to move forward to be considered a pass attempt) If an offensive lineman is the first player to touch the ball, its a penalty, so the lineman jumped out of the way, and the ball bounced backwards, and by the time the Saints recovered the ball, they were tackled for a 23-yard loss. It doesnt mean that Brooks sucks or anything, it just means that he made one of the stupidest plays of all time, by thinking his 300-pound lineman was actually his 200-pound running back.