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Fortunately, Brooks was soon picked up by the Rams to be groomed once again as an offensive tackle, and his career seemed to be back on track. He played swing tackle behind two first round picks in Orlando Pace and Wayne Gandy in 1998. With Gandy up for a new contract and the Rams not inclined to resign their starting right tackle, the 1999 right tackle job was to be Brooks .<br>But in June of 1999, as Brooks was preparing for his third season with the Rams, tragedy struck. His wife, Jackie, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He decided to put his athletic career on hold for several months to help her trough the trauma of chemotherapy. Brooks was subsequently released by the Rams, and he turned down offers from both the Saints, Cowboys and the Jaguars.<br> As his wife s health began to improve, Brooks signed with the Cardinals (over the8a`|?J,28ʅ+{+_+lqs|o:qēKv[cWSqYjtkZD$M YǶ޳%%AE=:\]pƳmxO7<*cΣiY#nGasZgY6t(-q`%=+"4Wvh^EzJnd7V:U##Yz]Mǯn@+q ёsr{Bv"nxܯR?5c\[`؃o}!OvH'U|1WK[ F0H8P6kj.{SLG;|_¤IC>e1@7Ӭ3[vqr,u1 GFnjR8^Ǿ66hIJDHؕJ" m~ctj5 <[M4Lu+'ƿ3O$@mqL(a`{- 4|]eO&ܝi۱ U~&\5=2 FFli:ձXq V#`^\]4͐Ku_Lqa_G]ٽ쿫si+T}kq9Աƻi ݲU Q l<^CV"; #E6Q`n>z ߤOn;yr\l{hӨ08lowing two games I started. However, at the end of the season the Cardinals decided not to extend players who had missed significant amounts of practice time, as Brooks had in caring for his wife. Brooks was immediately picked up by the Broncos.<br>In February 2001 tragedy struck again, and this time Jackie lost her battle with cancer. There would be no football for Brooks this year.  When Jackie passed away I just really wasn t 100 percent focused on football, says Brooks. 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