GREEN BAY, Wis., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Running back Jason Brookins may no longer be the object of a search by the Green Bay Packers.
Team personnel made him the object of a search this week. He apparently was a victim of a miscommunication after Monday night's win over Green Bay, and left the team.
Brookins was told by a staffer to turn in his playbook, and he thought that meant he had been released. In short order, he cleaned out his locker, jumped in his car, and drove home to Missouri.
Turns out all the staffer wanted to do is to remove pages pertaining to Monday's opponent, Cleveland, and update it for this week's practices and game against Tennessee.
"He was approached for the playbook, and at the same time somebody asked him if he needed a ride to the airport," his agent, Stephen Weinberger
told the Green Bay News-Chronicle. "Because he didn't play the night before, he thought he was waived."
Weinberger said the latest thing he has been told is that Brookins has been placed on the "reserve/left squad list." The paper explained that means Green Bay retains his rights and will also be given a temporary roster exemption.
Based upon the comments made by Coach Mike Sherman, Brookins may have a limited future in Green Bay, whenever he turns up.
"We have a nice in-house communication process that is full-proof, and he misread the communication on the video monitor," Sherman said. "He thought he was cut and he wasn't cut. It was a misunderstanding on his part, but I don't know quite how. It's (the system's) fool-proof."
In the meantime, the Packers claimed wide receiver Devin Lewis from the Houston Texans on waivers.
"It was an honest mistake, and I feel like they're trying to punish him for an honest mistake," Weinberger said.
Brookins began training camp down the depth chart behind starter Ahman Green, rookie Tony Fisher and other reserves Rondell Mealey and Ki-Jana Carter, who was released Tuesday.
