Sunday was an excellent day for the New York Jets. They dominated the Raiders, 34-3. They’re technically still in the playoff hunt. Jamal Adams shut down Derek Carr’s brother in a Twitter beef. All good stuff.
But for cornerback Brian Poole, he was left feeling sour after a milestone moment in his career.
The fourth-year pro from Florida recorded the first touchdown of his career — a pick-six in the third quarter. And he was swarmed by his teammates to celebrate just beyond the end zone. As Poole had his arms extended, a fan quite blatantly snatched the football out of Poole’s hand. We often see players gift fans with post-touchdown footballs, but this wasn’t the case here. Not even close.
Given that Poole would have wanted to save his first career touchdown ball, he took to Twitter on Monday in hopes of tracking down the fan.
Poole offered a reward of a signed jersey, and plenty of #brands have joined Poole’s effort to incentive the safe return of the football — ranging from free mattresses to gambling credit to, uh, a free VIP experience at a New York gentlemen’s club.
He managed to track down a photo of the suspect.
Brian Poole just really wants his football back. Help him out, Jets fans.
