Friday, Feb. 12, 2010

Broncos new defensive coordinator Don Martindale, quoted in The Denver Post describing the situation that surrounded him being named to his new position: "I went in to Josh (McDaniels) and I said, 'I want this job.' I felt I was ready and I wanted this job. I'm excited about the possibilities." Martindale added: "I'm an aggressive guy by nature. I believe in physical, smart football, and I have an aggressive attitude about things. The players already know that by being with me."

Recently released LB Antonio Pierce has no animosity towards his former team, the New York Giants, as quoted in the New York Post: "I appreciate everything the Giants' organization has done for me. I told both Tom Coughlin and Jerry Reese when I sat in front of them that I have no animosity. I have no anger. It's nowhere near that kind of situation. You might not agree with everything that's said, but you understand how the game is. It comes and goes. " Pierce added: "I had support from everybody in the Giants' organization from Mr. [John] Mara, Steve Tisch and everybody all the way down to Jose [Garcia], the guy that cleans the locker room. I have nothing but very strong love for the New York Giants. Obviously, I wanted to end it when my contract ended, but it didn't. It ended a year early. But I have no regrets. I have nothing to look back on and wish I had done it differently. Now it's time to look forward at the possibilities that I have."

Eagles president Joe Banner, quoted on philly.com discussing the club's quarterback situation: "Andy's the final decision maker here. But as far as, do we trade any of the quarterbacks? Do we keep all three? What do we do with their contract status? Each is in the last year of their deals, the uncertainty of the Collective Bargaining Agreement going forward. Those are also parts of the decision. It just isn't who's the starter and who's here? There are different levels of complexity about the decision. We'll have to sit down and figure that out."