In Defense of Aaron Brooks:

dberce1 · 09-13-2004, 10:16 AM

Here is a snippet of an article from yesterday:

TAKING OFFENSE
For Aaron Brooks, one of the toughest parts of the game is the treatment he gets from dissatisfied Saints fans
Sunday, September 12, 2004
By Jeff Duncan
Staff writer
After all Aaron Brooks has been through with New Orleans Saints fans -- the boos, the second-guessers, the critical losses, the hate mail -- he still can manage a smile as he ponders three years as a starting quarterback in the National Football League.

It took a while to reach this point. Along the way, there was much consternation to stomach and significant heartache to endure.

http://www.nola.com/search/index.ssf...?nola#continue

I actually agree with part of this. First off, I am a white male. So don't think I'm playing a race card. I do think Brooks makes his share of mistakes. But to think if we didn't have him, how worse off we would be. The guys stats are great, and yes, I'm aware of the fumbles which do suck. However, it's the team's fault we lose, not Aaron's.

During the game yesterday, the line collapsed immediately, and sacked Brooks. Right off the back, some moron in the crowd "Brooks, you suck!!! ect, ect". I forgot, Aaron's supposed to block the D-line before he goes through his reads and delivers the ball. He was also forced to throw the ball away a number of times. Would we fans rather he just chunk it into coverage for the INT? I guess we could yell at the guy either way.

It's just hurtful to think that in this day and age, this man is receiving hate/racist mail, when I know he's going into that game and trying his hardest. Keep smiling Aaron.

09-13-2004, 10:16 AM	#1
dberce1 Chuck Liddells Right Hand Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Prairieville, Louisiana Posts: 1,227	In Defense of Aaron Brooks: Here is a snippet of an article from yesterday: TAKING OFFENSE For Aaron Brooks, one of the toughest parts of the game is the treatment he gets from dissatisfied Saints fans Sunday, September 12, 2004 By Jeff Duncan Staff writer After all Aaron Brooks has been through with New Orleans Saints fans -- the boos, the second-guessers, the critical losses, the hate mail -- he still can manage a smile as he ponders three years as a starting quarterback in the National Football League. It took a while to reach this point. Along the way, there was much consternation to stomach and significant heartache to endure. http://www.nola.com/search/index.ssf...?nola#continue I actually agree with part of this. First off, I am a white male. So don't think I'm playing a race card. I do think Brooks makes his share of mistakes. But to think if we didn't have him, how worse off we would be. The guys stats are great, and yes, I'm aware of the fumbles which do suck. However, it's the team's fault we lose, not Aaron's. During the game yesterday, the line collapsed immediately, and sacked Brooks. Right off the back, some moron in the crowd "Brooks, you suck!!! ect, ect". I forgot, Aaron's supposed to block the D-line before he goes through his reads and delivers the ball. He was also forced to throw the ball away a number of times. Would we fans rather he just chunk it into coverage for the INT? I guess we could yell at the guy either way. It's just hurtful to think that in this day and age, this man is receiving hate/racist mail, when I know he's going into that game and trying his hardest. Keep smiling Aaron.