Mark Sanchez will never live it down. He’s embracing it. That’s what happens when you become part of the cult play forever known as the “butt fumble.”
The play, of course, happened on Thanksgiving 2012 and the New England Patriots were leading the New York Jets 14-0 when disaster struck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RIfy-gRa4
The former New York Jets quarterback was on Pat McAfee’s show this week and, of course, the infamous play came up.
“One of these days there will probably be a good ’30-for-30′ on it,” Sanchez told the former NFL punter. “We’ll all look back and laugh but that’s probably still a ways aweigh.
“… It was just frustrating because of the fallout. … It’s one thing to have an embarrassing play or whatever. But when it feels like the organization and people just kind of write you off because of that and so all the hard work and everything you put into it just gets erased because of one play that’s not necessarily fair. But what is fair?”
I normally don’t talk about this but … it was about as real as it gets. If you catch me complaining about 1 bad play/failure… then take away every great play/success. https://t.co/FLJeJ5ymb8 @4th_and_forever @GOATFARMMEDIA @PatMcAfeeShow
— Mark Sanchez (@Mark_Sanchez) April 25, 2020
Sanchez showed perspective in discussing the play.
“If I am ever going to complain about that one play, that means I have to take back all the cool experiences and movie premieres, free meals, all the celebrities I met,” Sanchez said. “… sometimes you have to take some bad and sometimes it really sucks. It’s not the end of the world. You can look back and laugh.”