The Butt Fumble (2012)
After playoff appearances in his first two seasons in the NFL, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez’s career took a major turn for the worse, with his lowest point coming in a high-profile 2012 Thanksgiving Day game against the division rival Patriots. In the second quarter, Sanchez botched a handoff and scrambled toward the line of scrimmage trying to salvage the play. Unfortunately, he ran right into the rear end of his own offensive lineman Brandon Moore, knocking the ball loose for the infamous “Butt Fumble,” which New England returned for a touchdown en route to a 49-19 blowout.