Keith Brooking to make return to the Georgia Dome
Denver linebacker Keith Brooking makes his first return to the Georgia Dome on Monday. (Associated Press)
FLOWERY BRANCH – Former Falcons stalwart Keith Brooking, now a member of the Denver Broncos, is set to make his return to the Georgia Dome on Monday.
In order to improve their depth on defense, the Broncos signed the former Falcons stalwart after training camp started in August.
Despite missing most of the preseason with a hamstring injury, the five-time Pro Bowler played on nine of Denver’s 81 defensive snaps (11%) in their 31-19 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday.
After not being re-signed by the Falcons after the 2008 season, Brooking signed with the Dallas Cowboys. He spent the last three seasons wearing a star on his helmet.
Here’s a photo gallery of Brooking’s career with the Falcons.
The Broncos are playing Brooking, 36, at weakside linebacker and on special teams. He backed up Wesley Woodyard and played mostly in running situations.
In a 37-21 victory in Oct. of 2009, Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking (51) cheers toward the Falcons bench after teammate Patrick Crayton scored a touchdown. The former Falcon had two tackles for the Cowboys. (Vernon Bryant, Dallas Morning News)
“The plan for (Brooking) was to spell a little bit,” Denver coach John Fox told the Denver Post. “We probably didn’t do a good job of spelling our three (linebackers.) They were up in the 70s as far as (play) totals. We’ll bring Danny Trevathan along as well as Keith Brooking, who didn’t get a lot of time on the field in the preseason.”
Brooking was a surprise roster pick because he didn’t play during the preseason.
“We’re going off reputation and the leadership that he can bring,” Broncos executive vice president John Elway told the Denver Post at the time.
Brooking was drafted out of Georgia Tech in 1998 and played with the Falcons until 2008.
Brooking is just part of Denver’s “Georgia Gang” that includes Woodyard (LaGrange native), cornerback Champ Bailey (Georgia), wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (Georgia Tech) and running back Knowshon Moreno (Georgia).
The Falcons current regime elected not to re-sign Brooking after the 2008 season and told him that “this is a young man’s game.”
After the Cowboys beat the Falcons in 2009, Brooking celebrated wildly.
It was understandable that Brooking was pumped for the Cowboys-Falcons game in October (which somewhat turned both teams’ seasons around — the Falcons’ in the wrong direction). It was somewhat comical — and certainly out of character — how he trash-talked his former team and mocked them during Dallas’s win. (He later apologized for the trash-talking. But when asked about taunting the team by flapping his arms like a bird during the game, he responded, “I ain’t apologizing to anybody.”)
Brooking should be forgiven for his actions. The Broncos should introduce him with the starting lineup so the local kid from Coweta County can get one last ovation at the Georgia Dome.
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tjhook
September 12th, 2012
9:33 am
First!
tjhook
September 12th, 2012
9:41 am
I hope this kind of good fortune can follow me to the convenience store – I’m playing lotto at later today. I’m a fan of Keith Brooking (even after the crazy antics he gave us when he was with the Cowboys). That said, I hope he can take the boos that are going to cascade down on him Monday night. I believe, if he can handle them, it will go a long way in repairing his image with the Falcons faithful. If not, he may get a stain on his career. I forgive him for his tantrum. I’m just hoping he doesn’t make it a trend.
Dan
September 12th, 2012
9:49 am
Enter your comments here not a gt,cowboys, however if you can play good for KB
Grape Nuts are neither grapes or nuts
September 12th, 2012
10:00 am
I plan on booing him. He has to know that players come and go on teams and to hold ill feelings for the team that drafted him just illustrates the type of person he is.
RebeccaJHall
September 12th, 2012
10:12 am
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Honestassessment
September 12th, 2012
10:27 am
Who really cares about Keith Brooking?
Post-It
September 12th, 2012
10:27 am
If they do introduce him, he’ll get a heck of a lot more boos than cheers. Between that gaff in the playoffs against Arizona and the photo above that keeps showing up every time Brooking is mentioned, he doesn’t stand a chance for a warm reception. A shame because he really was a stand out player for many years.
MaxxFalcon
September 12th, 2012
10:34 am
I agree he should be forgiven. He is a great guy who was a good solid player for the Falcons for a long time.
Gritz Blitz
September 12th, 2012
10:43 am
I don’t think they introduce bench players. Nevertheless, if he is introduced I will be booing loudly. As far as I’m concerned Brooking burned his bridge to Atlanta by mocking us in that Cowboy game. He had no cause to do so. He was given a nice cordial farewell press conference where he thanked the Falcon organization for all that it had done for him then he acted like a complete and utter jerk as if we had thrown him under the bus. Patrick Kerney left under similar terms and not once did he diss his former team. That’s the difference between class and classless.
JSS
September 12th, 2012
10:44 am
Ha ha, the myth of Southern manners and hospitality will be in its grave on National TV…
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Falcon James
September 12th, 2012
11:00 am
I don’t see what difference it makes if he is announced or not. Everybody knows that the Falcon Fan are not in their seat during player introductions and the first quarter.
LOL At The Aints
September 12th, 2012
11:02 am
And the myth of sportsmanship will get spat on by one classless Keith Brooking,.
Buckeye
September 12th, 2012
11:04 am
Perhaps he’ll make the field by the 2nd half. He’s been a step slow for a while now.
3rd and 16
September 12th, 2012
11:06 am
We will only hear his name IF he plans and IF he makes a tackle.
3rd and 16
September 12th, 2012
11:06 am
if he plays
Michael M.
September 12th, 2012
11:18 am
ha ! ha !……..welcome back old man………………………………..this is a young gun’s game !
Falcons are a better football Team as a whole at home so odds favor them to win this game…..true Denver won their opener against the Steelers but they played that one at Denver while the Falcons played a tough one on the road in front of a very loud crowd………………………………………………………Falcons look like a much stronger Team than last year so far this Season…….you know the odds makers gonna pick Denver to beat us because they like Manning…………………but I am a Falcon Fan and going with my Team to upset Denver and come up with another Win even if it is on Primetime…………………….
Falcons can win in Primetime….they whipped up on the Ravens on a Thursday night football game, I think it was last year………………………………….
PMC
September 12th, 2012
11:36 am
I appriciate what he did here both at Georgia Tech, Senoia, the Keith Brooking Foundation and the Falcons. He played hard made a lot of tackles and was a good teammate. He never really lived up to marketing, but it wasn’t his fault and I don’t begrudge anyone for taking the money they can get.
It annoyed me he would be so completely clownish and unprofessional with Dallas, but hey, that’s a clownish and unprofessional organization so it is what it is I guess.
Welcome back Keith, try not to be a douche this time please.
PMC
September 12th, 2012
11:39 am
I seriously doubt there will be many boos, the guy is a bit player for Denver rounding out a career.
There is no reason to boo Keith Brooking whatsoever. He played his tail off here.
Ken
September 12th, 2012
11:45 am
Cheeer for Brooking seriously!! NO WAY!! This guy, while he was a good player you never heard a peep from him when he was here they called him a queit leader, never thought of him as a leader anyway then he gets realeased by the Falcons and all of a sudden he can’t shut up!! Well we know his weakness, the pump fake. I hope the Falcons audible to a pass every play he is in on make him bite on the pump fake and dump it over his head to TG for six!!! RISE UP!!
DK
September 12th, 2012
11:48 am
Oh, he’ll hear plenty of boos. I hope we never consider him for the ring of honor.
How do we know that he was told “this is a yonug man’s game” by the Falcons? Does the team admit telling him that, or is that just what Brooking claims?
Jason
September 12th, 2012
11:51 am
Wow, you guys are really upset about Brooking. A Bronco fan-just checking in on the conversation. You guys looked great last week in a tough place to play (as we know KC is) and it will be a tough game, but you aint playing Matt Cassel (one of the worst starting qbs in the league) this week.
Red Pants
September 12th, 2012
11:53 am
I cannot wait to be in the Dome Monday night. The environment should be awesome and I’ll be loud……dressed head to toe in blue and orange.
Go Broncos. Brooking will barely see the field by the way, he’s purely an emergency plan.
ChristmasTom
September 12th, 2012
11:54 am
For the first time, I’ll be happy to see Brookings on top of the pile 7 to 9 yards downfield at the Dome.
Esquire
September 12th, 2012
11:58 am
reprinted without permission:
Denver Defensive tackle Ty Warren underwent an MRI exam on the elbow injury, and coach John Fox just announced he suffered a re-tear of the triceps he tore last season.
Fox has yet to meet with Warren, and just received the update from the Broncos’ medical staff.
The team has yet to determine Warren’s status, but the injury is likely season-ending.
The Broncos have not yet taken advantage of the new rule that allows teams to designate one player to return from IR.
Lex
September 12th, 2012
12:00 pm
Brooking has always been a windbag that danced and celebrated a LOT more than he delivered. I find his showboating, even when he was a Falcon, much more over rated than his play ever was. He has no need to apologize to us…..Keith, we dont care and your irrelevant.
Jason
September 12th, 2012
12:02 pm
As for Ty Warren, he has played 5 plays in 2 years for us, and is getting paid about a million per play. We have more depth at d line than we’ve had in years and losing him is really no loss at all at this point in his career.
Mike Franklin
September 12th, 2012
12:05 pm
I always liked Brooking but… he is not the class act that Tony Gonzales is… and the fans in the Dome will likely not feel the urge to applaud his return as Tong G got at Arrowhead in KC.
Brooking made a clear statement of what he thinks of Atlanta, the Falcons franchise and of its fans. There was nothing to apologize for and we should feel no need to offer anything in return other than what we got.
Jim
September 12th, 2012
12:14 pm
Keith who???
KPike
September 12th, 2012
12:27 pm
Brooking should be thankful for what the Falcons gave him, along with a trip to the Superbowl his rookie year…He made alot of tackles for the Falcons but most of them was 4 or 5 yards down the field…Over-rated if you ask me…
Keith Brookings
September 12th, 2012
12:35 pm
You fans are worthless. I’m going to ankle tackle your RB’s all night. Deal with it!
Charlie Dodd
September 12th, 2012
12:35 pm
Brooking will likely get many more boos than cheers on Monday if he even gets near a play. I assume he will keep us his specialty of jumping on the pile after the play is over. The best part of his childish antics when the Falcons played in Dallas was watching him complain about the Vikings showing a lack of class later that season in the playoffs. Talk about the kettle….
Sam
September 12th, 2012
12:37 pm
Brooking, unlike UGA, truly does play “Old Man Football”
Falconfever
September 12th, 2012
12:40 pm
Why does other teams fans troll our blogs???
Esquire
September 12th, 2012
12:44 pm
Jason
September 12th, 2012
11:51 am
Wow, you guys are really upset about Brooking. A Bronco fan-just checking in on the conversation. You guys looked great last week in a tough place to play (as we know KC is) and it will be a tough game, but you aint playing Matt Cassel (one of the worst starting qbs in the league) this week.
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Cassel had the 7th highest Total QB rating, P. Manning merely 4th. Matt Ryan was #1. If they put Brooking in on defense you can rest assured our high octane offense will burn him. Nobody’s upset about Brooking or wishes him ill will. He just showed a rather large lack of class on our stage in a game where he essentially did nothing. Put him in, there’s a good chance Brooking is gonna end up on his back side and it’s OK if we enjoy the moment!
Note to D.Led: “Brooking should be forgiven for his actions.” If Brooking seeks forgiveness from the Falcon Nation then I’ll forgive and forget. But as long as his attitude is “I ain’t apologizing to anybody.”, well then he can stick it.
Chuck
September 12th, 2012
12:47 pm
We won’t hear his name until he drops into coverage and the Falcons get a first down, as in “… made the catch two steps ahead of Keith Brooking.”
Mikefalcon63
September 12th, 2012
12:47 pm
Yeah, an ovation for ankle tackles 7 yards down field… Or how about a miss that lead to a go ahead touchdown in the playoffs. Whatever.
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Don't Care
September 12th, 2012
12:52 pm
I don’t see how this is blog worthy talking about K. Brooking. I am very indifferent towards this football player. The Falcons organization gave him a great send off. Just as the blog suggests, it was out of character for Brooking to display such trash-talking and taunting behavior but it shows how bitter the man is and his overall character. Football is a business Mr. Brooking and you shouldn’t take it personal and be mature about it (that’s asking alot out of a football player) especially how Falcons treated you with great care.
Esquire
September 12th, 2012
12:55 pm
AP Power Rankings
1. New England Patriots (8) 1 0 0 378 2
2. San Francisco 49ers (1) 1 0 0 368 4
3. Baltimore Ravens (2) 1 0 0 357 5
4. Houston Texans (1) 1 0 0 336 6
5. Green Bay Packers 0 1 0 326 1
6. Denver Broncos 1 0 0 317 11
7. Atlanta Falcons 1 0 0 309 10
8. Chicago Bears 1 0 0 296 12
9. Dallas Cowboys 1 0 0 291 15
10. New York Giants 0 1 0 288 3
11. Pittsburgh Steelers 0 1 0 249 7
12. Philadelphia Eagles 1 0 0 246 8
13. Detroit Lions 1 0 0 240 13
14. New Orleans Saints 0 1 0 229 9
15. New York Jets 1 0 0 225 19
16. Washington Redskins 1 0 0 218 24
17. San Diego Chargers 1 0 0 211 16
18. Cincinnati Bengals 0 1 0 170 14
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 0 0 149 26
20. Arizona Cardinals 1 0 0 139 25
21. Kansas City Chiefs 0 1 0 130 17
22. Carolina Panthers 0 1 0 129 18
23. Tennessee Titans 0 1 0 125 21
24. Seattle Seahawks 0 1 0 110 22
25. Oakland Raiders 0 1 0 102 23
26. Minnesota Vikings 1 0 0 100 28
27. Buffalo Bills 0 1 0 89 20
28. St. Louis Rams 0 1 0 64 29
29. Jacksonville Jaguars 0 1 0 50 31
30. Cleveland Browns 0 1 0 40 32
31. Indianapolis Colts 0 1 0 34 27
32. Miami Dolphins 0 1 0 21 30
elvis the falcon fan
September 12th, 2012
1:05 pm
Welcome Back Brooking….most over-rated LB in Falcons history. I don’t believe that opposing offensive co-ordinators were scratching their heads over how to scheme against him when he was in his prime do you? <
Esquire
September 12th, 2012
1:14 pm
Wow, look at those Aints way down the list on the power rankings.
What was it SuxThisB4 wrote just before he left (supposedly) for the game vs Redskins?
“Catch you miserable losers this evening!”
I wrote before the game “…..I say Aints take a RGIII hit in game 1……………..!!!”
And I write right now, Panthers defeat the Aints 30-27.
Mr. Hankey
September 12th, 2012
1:30 pm
I plan on booing the crap out of him. Screw Brooking and his bitter feelings or whatever his problem was in 2008. He doesn’t desreve in further good feelings from us. What a jackass. Hell, he wasn’t that good in the first placei IMO and he literally cost up the playoff game against the Cards.
Hey, jerkface, remember third and 17? I’ll probably be hanging the bird at you, too.
FalconsDiva
September 12th, 2012
1:52 pm
My seats are right near the visitor’s tunnel and I always boo the opposing team. I’ll have and extra ‘booooo’ for Mr. Brooking.
marcfromcp
September 12th, 2012
2:09 pm
Man forget 3rd and 13 Brooking!!! He fell for a terrible play action and blew it for us in the playoffs in 08!
haha
September 12th, 2012
2:18 pm
forgive him for his actions
child please. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
rick
September 12th, 2012
2:29 pm
He’s a competitive guy ….nothing wrong with that…..I like his emotion……I hope he gets a round of applause, but I hope he gets burned come game time…!!!!
The Truth
September 12th, 2012
2:34 pm
I plan on booing Pile-Jumper is he ever makes it into the game, and I ain’t apologizing to anybody
True ATL Fan
September 12th, 2012
2:46 pm
Again I must point out that we passed on RANDY MOSS to select this Pile-Jumping jackass. Even though he’s from the country, you would think that a “hometown kid” would at least be classy when he returned. And honestly, he was never really any good when he was here. Jessie Tuggle made him look good. Would rather see No Play Ray return honestly.
boooooo
September 12th, 2012
3:06 pm
Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Pile Jumper! Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Old Boy
September 12th, 2012
3:08 pm
Brooking should be included in the starting lineup so that we can pick up an extra 6 yards per carry to his side.
D'OH!
September 12th, 2012
3:27 pm
Brookings is still upset that UGA did not recruit him out of HS and his only offer was to tech. To add insult to injury this nerd was OH and FOUR against the Dawgs. Has not stopped crying since. Poor little tekie!
jeff
September 12th, 2012
3:30 pm
WHO CARES!!
Jamaaliver
September 12th, 2012
3:42 pm
Brooking got cut in 2008 by a different owner, diff GM, different Head Coach, different Def Coordinator than the ones that drafted him. There were no players or coaches from the group that drafted him in 1998.
He was cut at age 32 and told ‘This is a young man’s game.”
The team then proceeded to sign Mike Peterson, age 32, as a replacement.
His anger with the current Falcons regime is understandable.
Falcon4life
September 12th, 2012
3:44 pm
3rd and 16…….
old man
September 12th, 2012
3:49 pm
Play Antone Smith.
Jay
September 12th, 2012
3:50 pm
“Brooking should be forgiven”
Umm, no. Who are you to tell me how I *should* feel? He mocked us like a kid, forget him.
PMC
September 12th, 2012
3:53 pm
Maybe he would have felt better if they just said…. Keith, 3rd and 16 buddy. Good luck in the future.
It wasn’t that he was old. It was that he wasn’t good enough to make the team anymore.
FalconsFan
September 12th, 2012
3:59 pm
3rd and 16…. 3rd and 16… Brooking wasted the 2008 season on that one play.
Cejay
September 12th, 2012
4:06 pm
Welcome someone who mocked us and had no apology??…………….yeah, right
hmmmm
September 12th, 2012
4:06 pm
Looks like steroids have worn off on Brooking when comparing dallas photo and denver photo.
Bird Dawg Country
September 12th, 2012
4:11 pm
D-Led–was that you with Schultzie at the Dawgs game? Covering them also, now?
Didn’t recognize you without the bowtie in the picture in schultz’ game blog! Next time wear a red and black one. Covers the Falcons and Dawgs!
Nonfan
September 12th, 2012
4:16 pm
If Brooking had exhibited a littlel class in Oct. of 2009, there would be plenty of good feelings remaining for him in Atlanta, but that is not the case now. He came acoss as a classless bum in that game.
Diggity
September 12th, 2012
4:16 pm
I would call Brooking a total tool but tools are useful.
Tampa Gator is paranoid
September 12th, 2012
4:28 pm
How many Superbowls did Brooking win with Dallas? ZERO
mountain_jim
September 12th, 2012
4:31 pm
FalconsFan
September 12th, 2012
3:59 pm
3rd and 16…. 3rd and 16… Brooking wasted the 2008 season on that one play.
This is exactly right, and the ‘action’ that can never be forgiven by long-suffering (40 years here) Falcon fans.
Not as bad as the Superbowl-eve whoring of Eugene Robinson of course (another Denver connection)
cornjolio
September 12th, 2012
4:40 pm
Keith Brooking is totally classless and was an average player at best for the Falcons. You never heard his name called or saw him on any key plays.
Row 3
September 12th, 2012
4:57 pm
Forever known as 3rd and 16…Still hurts!
Row 3
September 12th, 2012
4:59 pm
Oh..I forgot. Also Highway 51
St Simons
September 12th, 2012
5:00 pm
please play him every play, and let us aim our offense, every play,
like every other nfl team did for 9 years.
man that was the funniest thing in the world. If you taped an old
falcons game and ran it fast forward, and watched doink doink doink
all the way down the field, right at him, then the late pile-jump
hilllarious
St Simons
September 12th, 2012
5:01 pm
instead of John
Keith 3:16 – somebody needs that sign monday
SirReal
September 12th, 2012
5:21 pm
Who cares about a guy who always was last to the pile. Brooking was always overrated. He cost us a huge game and we havent been able to get off the field on 3rd down ever since. He should have never played for Jessie Tuggle that year. The way the Smiths handled Tuggle was a disgrace. I dont care about good ol boy Brooking on the field. Dont know him as a person so it stops there.
rollo lawson
September 12th, 2012
5:34 pm
Ole Highway 56 has a new name, Heinz 57. Slow as ketchup. This dude is a joke. Please retire.
chc4
September 12th, 2012
6:14 pm
I will definitely be booing him.
Play Action
September 12th, 2012
6:26 pm
I hope he starts and we have 4th and long and we go for it and give him the play action. I hope he bites for old time sakes.
Play Action
September 12th, 2012
6:26 pm
I hope he starts and we have 4th and long and we go for it and give him the play action. I hope he bites for old time sakes.
hbcuclassics
September 12th, 2012
6:36 pm
Black College Power Poll
Week 2
1. Bethune
2. Norfolk State
3. Tennessee State
4. Alabama State
5. Alabama A&M
6. SC State
7. Winston Salem
8. Delaware State
9. Miles
10. Alcorn State
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ken
September 12th, 2012
7:16 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what a scumbag Pile on Brooking. I cant remember any play he ever made that Means anything. I do remeber the playoff game where Brooking gibve up a 3rd and 32 pass for a 1st down. THE DA fell for the play fake!!!
Keith
September 12th, 2012
7:16 pm
PILE JUMPER!!!!!!!!! Perhaps he can mock the dirty bird again after his teammates make a play. Expect to see play, tackle by others, whistle, brooking arrive at play and jump in. Should entertain us until we go to Washington to play another long lost friend in Meangelo Hall.
Senior Falcon
September 12th, 2012
7:21 pm
I’m glad that K. Brooking is returning to the Dome as a Bronco. That means he is taking up a roster spot that might be somebody that is actually good.’
ken
September 12th, 2012
7:30 pm
I would love to see RB Turner run over this big mouth PUNK!!
Dmo
September 12th, 2012
7:34 pm
Brooking needs to know when to hang it up, let it go guy!
SirReal
September 12th, 2012
7:50 pm
He cant let it go…not with that foul play involving the whole million or two he is being investigated about. Transfering assets, that sort of thing can get you in hot water really fast…..
Rollo Lawson- Hienz 57? BRILLIANT!!!!!!LOL LOL
Sick & Tired Of Being Sick & Tired
September 12th, 2012
8:30 pm
Brooking has been a none factor for quite some time. When he got to Dallas he continued to be no more than a player who jumped on the pile after another player made the tackle.
Every time they’d show him in the middle of the pregame huddle in Dallas yelling he looked and sounded real stupid.
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GT GRAD
September 12th, 2012
8:58 pm
People tha plan to boo Keith Brooking need to grow up.
Brooking was a very solid player and a stellar teammate for many many years when he was at Coweta County High School, GT and the Atlanta Falcons…….all in the great state of Georgia. He was obviously bothered and upset when the new Atlanta Falcons brass decided to part ways and he acted like a fool (WAY out of character for him based on his ~20 years of football in Georgia) during the Dallas vs. Atlanta game; however, he has always been an emotional player and he let the situation get out of control. Give him a break based on many many years of previous proof that he is a high character and solid football player/teammate!!!!
I hope Brooking plays great and I hope the Falcons win 45-0!
to real
September 12th, 2012
9:01 pm
Tha heck with brooking after dat 08 playoff lost placed @ his feet cuz dats wat we all remember and dat trash he spoke when he didnt even help tha cowboys win forget dat we own a beat down plus we all know spoon we give em a ear full
Charleston Jacket
September 12th, 2012
9:05 pm
KB gave many good years to the city including his college days. Most of the haters are mutt fans so what else would you expect from a bunch of perenial clowns.
Best wishes to KB and thanks for the great years. Falcon fan forever.
THWG
GT GRAD
September 12th, 2012
9:06 pm
“I do remeber the playoff game where Brooking gibve up a 3rd and 32 pass for a 1st down. THE DA fell for the play fake!!!” ……………… what a moronic & ignorant statement.
NFL Network spent an entire segment showing without any shadow of a doubt that Keith Brooking was in the correct position and the Atlanta Falcons Safety was out of postion on the play Ken has referenced…..the safety vacated the area and was not in position to pick-up the receiver coming out of Brooking’s zone. I will admit the replay looked bad on TV for ignorant/uninformed fans.
Boom Dizzle
September 12th, 2012
9:18 pm
If they were to introduce him, it’s going to get ugly QUICKLY……….Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Big Crimson 75
September 12th, 2012
9:37 pm
If Brooking got the chance to re-play his antics from a few years ago — he would!!
No way he deserves a standing O.
The guy embarrassed the Falcons in that Dallas game & he’d do it again if given the opportunity.
Falcons Fan
September 12th, 2012
9:52 pm
PUNK ALERT!!!!
PILE JUMPER ALERT!
SCREW BROOKING!
Hobbler
September 12th, 2012
10:00 pm
So the game plan is easy. Throw quick passes in Pile Jumper’s area that he normally leaves vacant in order to be able to jump on the pile down field. He will have a loud mouth and be show boating and flapping arms again if they get ahead of us because he has no class. That’s why his jersey will never be retired in our house. Rise up.
Duante's Longest Dred
September 12th, 2012
10:01 pm
I’m from Jesse Tuggle’s hometown,and remember the best LB we ever had, #60 Tommy Nobis……Pile Jumper has always been overated cause he be from Senioa/Ga. Tech……..an average player at best……take it from a old man,who saw Nobis play his 1st NFL game……..this is a young man’s game……booooooooooo !!!
rollo lawson
September 12th, 2012
10:04 pm
The same people on this blog defending Heinz 57 are the same people that are defending the stupidity which is Mitt Romney. Talk about trying to put lipstick on a pig. Let it go GT Grad. Your hero is trash!
tech steaming pile
September 12th, 2012
10:12 pm
he is as he does — a punk–if only he got a god education
DR. FALCON
September 13th, 2012
12:07 am
KEITH BROOKING WAS A GREAT PLAYER, FOR THE FALCONS! LIKE ANY OTHER PLAYER, FATHER TIME HAS CAUGHT UP WITH HIM! ONE OF GA. TECH’S FINEST PLAYERS! FORMER TECH QB, IN THE EARLY ‘80′S, MIKE KELLEY, OT, DAVID LUTZ, EDDIE LEE IVORY AT RB, PAT SWILLING, CALVIN JOHNSON, ETC., ARE A FEW GA. TECH PLAYERS, THAT I CAN RECALL! OH, BY THE WAY, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO EX-TECH RB, ROBERT LAVETTE?
tbone
September 13th, 2012
12:20 am
3rd and 17. nuff said.
Lou Piniella's cap
September 13th, 2012
12:57 am
Even going back to his days at Tech, I had been a KB fan until he showed his @$$ when he left here. I lost every bit of respect I had for him after that. The playoff game a few years back where the Vikings just beat the brakes off him and the Cowboys is easily in the top 5 of most enjoyable games I’ve watched in the 5+ years.
Lou Piniella's cap
September 13th, 2012
12:59 am
Correction….change it to decade.
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September 13th, 2012
7:51 am
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Big Ray
September 13th, 2012
8:07 am
Brooking was one of the best LBs to play for the Falcons when he was in his prime.
When the current regime came in, he was well past his best days and well into his “not so good” days. He felt that he should be paid like he was still performing at a high level, which he wasn’t. We needed to get younger, so we did. End of story.
Except, Brooking took it personally and made an a$$ out of himself when Dallas played Atlanta that year. Fans didn’t like it and that was the last memory we had of him….not a good one.
Now he just looks like a severely retarded version of Sylvester Stallone in the first “Rocky” movie.
I could care less about him being here, but I hope Turner or Quizz trucks his a$$ on a run.
Say It Aint So
September 13th, 2012
8:33 am
I tried to stay away from commenting on this but I could’n resist. This can is a habitual pile jumper. More so, I didn’t care how he showed his azz whe the Birds played the Cowgirls. How he remains in the Not For Long league, puzzles the hell out of me. It would be nice to see him get knocked on his backside if he gets in the game.
We Will RISE UP
September 13th, 2012
8:58 am
Please let this be the game that Turner has the Burner working and he drives his helmet in Brookings chest! If you do anything for us Turner do it now! I want to see Brooking put on his backside for his bragging ways from that Dallas game. I would have had no problem with the pilejumper if he acted that way when he played with the Falcons but he always talked the game of respect your opponent when he was here but the minute he got to rub it in………..he rubbed it in! He also rubbed his way out of any respect from Falcons Nation when he did that! We dont forget easy Brooking so we hope you get a two piece thigh from Turner and some jam from Quizz to shake you out your socks! O yea Tony G. got something for you also so open up!
Falcon since 78
September 13th, 2012
9:58 am
Brooking will be cheered? DOL, you’ve lost your mind. We TRUE Falcon fans still have that in the back of our minds……..I threw a glass across the room when he did that. Thankfully, I was home alone. Lord knows if he played for Georgia and did something similar against the “wonderful” Dogs, y’all would go on and on and on and on.
Dr Dawg
September 13th, 2012
10:54 am
I will boo him for the entire game if I must.
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September 13th, 2012
4:41 pm
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ParanoidAndroid
September 14th, 2012
8:25 am
After the 3rd and 16, they should have left him in Arizona. Instead, the forever-classy Arthur Blank gave him a going-away press conference. How many players get press conferences when they are released? I will boo him the only time his name is heard all night (pre-game).
Matty
September 14th, 2012
1:20 pm
Brooking lost me when he acted like a big baby for the Cowpokes. Players always rant about “its just business” when they want to leave. But, when their pansy butts get booted they whine like little girls.
Good riddance, Brooking.