Derrick Brooks may still wind up joining the Saints, but it’s not going to happen today.
In a somewhat surprising development, Brooks left New Orleans after visiting the team without signing a contract. The Saints also worked out veteran free agent Derek Smith, but said no signings will be announced Wednesday.
The Saints aren’t the only team potentially interested in Brooks. The Raiders reportedly have spoken to him lately, but their level of interest is unclear.
UPDATE: The Saints told Brooks they will contact him after their first preseason game.
If he signs with the Raiders, the Saints just messed up BIG TIME.
The Raiders just got in touch to tell Brooks that their game from last season is over, so he can stop trying to catch Michael Bush. Dude is SLOW. Still, it wouldn’t hurt to bring him in. Raider LBs are decent, but they could use some leadership on that side of the ball.
Wonder if TB gave him a chance to hang it up. The released a lot of veteran players, just think a heads up to Brooks would of been nice. Give him a chance to retire, then again maybe they did and he said no.
BigBear.
TB didn’t give him an option.
He only wanted to play one more year. I agree, they should have given him the option.
I’m a bucs fan, but I’d like to see Derrick Brooks get signed by the Saints just to prove it to the organization what mistake they made when they let him go. hey he gets to do it twice a year
Derrick Brooks > Dan Morgan
Derek Smith
Florio = nimrod
This tells us that Brooks is not in good shape!
That is not good if you are in the market for an NFL job.