Worst player ever chanted for at NFL game
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In last week’s column ESPN’s The Sports Guy pondered whether or not Brian Griese was the worst player to ever have his name chanted for during an NFL game. In today’s column a fan wrote in with a story about Arizona Cardinals fans chanting for Stan Gelbaugh back in 1991.
The Sports Guy went on to challenge readers to come up with someone worse than Gelbaugh. Luckily, being the Superfan that I am, I’m up to the task. And... It happened at the exact same stadium on Sept. 13 1992, one year after the Gelbaugh incedent.
This time the Cardinals were playing against the Eagles when starting quarterback Tim Rosenbaugh got injured, again. The back-up at the time was actually Chris Chandler who like a lot of other players really sucked when he was in Arizona and wasn't the least bit popular here.
When Chandler entered the game the crowd began chanting for third string preseason hero and former Penn St. quarterback Tony Sacca. Late in the game Chandler suffered a suspicious injury and Sacca did come in. Not surprisingly the Cardinals got smoked 31-14 and did not score in the second half.
It was one of only 2 career appearances for Sacca. His career stats are 4 completions in 11 attempts for 29 yards with 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 5.3.
I challenge "anybody" to top that.
