Now that Antrel Rolle’s time in Chicago is over, the outspoken safety can put his former team on blast, and he has not missed his opportunity.
Rolle spoke to the New York Post’s Paul Schwartz on Monday, a day after his release, and put the blame for an injury-riddled season which ended in a torn MCL squarely on the Bears – or more specifically, their practice facilities.
“The surfaces in the Chicago facilities are the worst I’ve ever been around, I’m just gonna be honest with you,” Rolle said. “I slipped on the surface, I wasn’t even running, I was just kind of shuffling and slipped.”
Rolle is healthy now, and he’s looking for a new job. He’d be very interested if his former team, the Giants, came calling.
“That’s a franchise that I love,” Rolle said of the Giants. “There’s a difference in playing for a franchise because that’s where your contract is, that’s where you’re supposed to play. It’s just where I want to bring my assets, where I want to help the franchise, the city, the players. It’s family for me. That’s where I would want to reside and just go out there and play ball.
“Do I believe I can come in and start? There’s no freaking doubt about it,” Rolle continued. “I know what I did playing with an ankle sprain in Chicago, the talent is still there. The Giants have added some phenomenal talent, especially on the defensive side of the ball. It’s only gonna be that much better, it’s only gonna be that much sweeter, to be honest with you.”
There isn’t any word on whether the interest is mutual, though at the very least, Rolle seems to have forgiven the Giants for not bringing him back last year.
