Dre’ Bly used his first press conference as a member of the Broncos to emphatically deny the rumors that spoke of displeasure with his trade to the Broncos, putting him two time zones away from his home in the Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia.
“First, let me say nobody ever heard me say anything,” Bly said. “I didn’t come to the media; I didn’t talk. Whenever an individual has a chance to go home, to be near your family, it’s definitely something to look forward to. But I’m grateful to be a Denver Bronco, (to be with a team that) has a lot of success (and) great tradition. Everything is in the past.”
“The last four years have been a struggle, being in Detroit and not winning. Having a chance to come to a playoff-caliber team, it’s something that every player dreams of and wants to be in. I’m glad to be here.”
Sure, the call of home tugs at Bly’s heart, as it would almost any man at some point in his life. But the fact that he signed a multi-year contract showed his willingness to embrace life along the Front Range. So too did the fact that his wife Kristyn spent Monday house-hunting in the Denver area.
“My wife felt good about Denver,” Bly said. “It wasn’t that I didn’t want to come here. Every man would love the opportunity to go home. I told Coach Shanahan you have great tradition here (and it’s a) great opporutnity. My thing was our stability. I’d be able to move my family down here. Every individual. I can’t be without my family, three boys and a daughter. For Dre’ Bly to be the Dre’ Bly he’s been the last eight years, I need my family with me.”
(On a personal note, I love it when players speak of themselves in the third person. It’s oddly entertaining. Makes me think of Jimmy from a sixth-season episode of Seinfeld — “Jimmy’s might have a compound fracture! Jimmy’s going into shock!” — and George Costanza’s unwitting mimickry of him: “It’s the Kung Pao. George likes his chicken spicy.”)
OK, back on track.
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Tags: 2007 season, Cornerbacks, Dre Bly
i cant wait to see dre’ bly in a denver uniform, im excited to be a bronco fan, and excited about the upcoming season….go broncos……
hah of course he wants to play in denver, who wouldn’t wanna play opposite to Champ Bailey? a future hall of famer definately
He elaborated on the point of playing opposite Bailey in an interview we’re posting Tuesday — but I’ll link to it now just to illustrate.
(Real | Windows Media)
Bly said: “I look forward to that (playing opposite Bailey), because being in Detroit, being a Pro Bowl caliber player, teams kind of went away from me sometimes. They’d pick and choose their chances,” Bly said. “Having one of the best players in this league is definitely exciting, because I know they’re going to pick and choose when they can go at him, and they’ll probably be willing to come at me a bit more — and that’s going to give me opportunities to make plays.”
I couldn’t be anymore excited about all of our pickups…yet confused about the Al Wilson thing. Could we have a more high intensity, highly talented, highly motivated, highly dedicated individual on our team? I’ve never seen one if we have. What he does on and off the field for his teammates is something I’ve never read about anyone else doing. Why are we allegedly so set on ridding ourselves of him? I just flat don’t get it.
Bly and Bailey wiil be a force to be reckoned with and the offense is looking good cant wait for the schedule to see whos taken a L on there schedule this year and Bell is gonna be on fire he did most of the work last year anyway he runs with more authority than Tatum did and he knows wre hes at when he kindly gives the mile high salute.
Al Wilson is the best middle linebacker in the league loosing him will tear a hole in our defense last year we didn’t get enough pressure on quarter backs what we need is a true tackle and a defensive end that will at put the opposing quarterback were he belongs on his butt and lookind up at a ses of orange and blue this is a year of bronco blue nothing less than the super bowl coming back to shannan and his team go broncos the opposing offenes are shaking in there shoes.