butt fumble

A franchise doesn't just get over something like the "Butt Fumble."  It's not something you forget.  No, butt fumbles stick with you.  They matriculate their way into everything you thought your favorite team was and re-defines it in the sad, dark, depressing shadow it is.

The New York Jets made, by far, the most embarrassing play of the entire NFL season when Mark Sanchez ran into the behind of his own offensive lineman, resulting in a fumble that the New England Patriots returned for a score. The play was so bad that it earned its own nickname: the Butt Fumble...