It’s the play that will live in Jets’ history forever, for better or for worse. And Tuesday marks a special anniversary for the play.
Tuesday marks the ten-year anniversary of the play simply known as the “Butt Fumble.”
On November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving Day at the Meadowlands, the Jets were playing host to the New England Patriots. It was 14-0 Patriots in the second quarter when the Jets had the ball on 1st and ten from their own 31-yard line.
Mark Sanchez would drop back and then keep the ball to run up the middle. Little did he know he was about to run right into the history books, as well as his own teammate.