Bucky Brooks, aside from owning a pretty cool football name, is one of the current era's great but sometimes underrated NFL analysts. He is a former player and scout. He has even offered respectable opinions on the Philadelphia Eagles from time to time.
Brooks has proven himself trustworthy. He has earned his stripes and seen it all. Four combined pro football seasons (1994, 1996-98) led to 32 in-game regular-season appearances and another three-game playoff run during the 1996-97 season.
That led to an AFC Championship Game loss to the New England Patriots. If you're curious, he only played vs.