Overview
- Thirteen years after Mark Sanchez collided with teammate Brandon Moore and fumbled for a Patriots touchdown, the play remains a staple of Thanksgiving football discourse.
- Newsday’s Tom Rock urges ending the yearly mockery, noting Sanchez was stabbed in Indianapolis last month and now faces a felony battery charge with a trial set for next month.
- The truck driver who stabbed Sanchez has not been charged, and Sanchez remains free on bond, adding a somber context to renewed discussion of the 2012 play.
- The original miscue aired to a holiday audience that peaked around 24 million viewers on NBC, helping cement it as an enduring cultural punchline.
- Rex Ryan has called that game quarter the worst of his coaching career, and Sanchez has said the fallout left him feeling written off by the organization despite earlier playoff runs.