Glazers Threw Derrick Brooks A Party

Now that he is the president of the Tampa By Storm, Derrick Brooks seems to have accepted that his playing days are over. The Glazers made up for his rather awkward dismissal a couple years ago with a big shindig at Raymond James Stadium, complete with Hall of Fame players, former teammates and coaches. I guess my invitation got lost in the mail, Jonathan? Deion Sanders was there and it took all his athleticism to keep him from making it all about him. At least at first. “We could argue about who was the best player,” Sanders said of Brooks, “but I can honestly say I really feel like you were the best man and I love you. I met you coming out of Florida State and I walked away saying, ‘That’s a cocky, young man.’ I loved that swagger Derrick Brooks brought. I don’t know him intimately, but I love what he stands for.” That was a close one. He started off shaky, but caught himself there at the end. “To the Glazer family, youR...