Quarterback Aaron Brooks joined the Raiders in March. Soon thereafter, he walked into the locker room in Alameda, looked around and saw five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss over yonder. Receiver Ronald Curry sat just around the corner. To his right, Brooks spotted receivers Jerry Porter and Doug Gabriel.
The possibilities seemed endless, Brooks said. How would he know which receiver to throw to on any given play? All were talented, game-breaking players. He had walked straight out of his own personal hell that was the New Orleans Saints and into a quarterback's dream.
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Nowadays, whenever Brooks lets his mind wander and thinks about what might have been, he turns on his television, inserts a video game and shakes his head.
"I just get on my play station for that," Brooks said of directing an offense that features the aforementioned receivers.