New Orleans Saints To Work Out Linebackers Brooks and Smith

By Paul Augustin, Jr.
for NFLSportChannel.com

Published: August 11, 2009

... the Saints are prepared to be without backup Mark Simoneau (triceps) for several weeks and maybe the whole season.

The loss of Simoneau means that Jo-Lonn Dunbar is the only current backup linebacker who has started an NFL game (he has two career starts).

Enter Derrick Brooks and Derek Smith.

The Saints will work out both veteran linebackers on Wednesday.

Brooks, an 11-time pro-bowler, played his entire 14-year career in Tampa Bay.

The Bucs cut Brooks in the offseason in an attempt to start over with younger players.

Brooks' production did drop off a bit last season. The 36-year old recorded a career-low 58 tackles in 2008.

Derrick Brooks was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft.

He 25 career interceptions as a weakside linebacker suggest that Brooks has great natural instincts and is a tireless worker.

Brooks also has 24 career forced fumbles.

His best season came in 2002 when the Buccaneers won th...

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