Bly briefly took Singletary’s podium spot, issuing an apology for the Deion Sanders-esque pose that he struck during an interception return and his postgame comments on the play. Falcons WR Roddy White forced a fumble during the return in which Bly brought his right hand up to his helmet and carried the ball loosely in his left, reminiscent of Sanders’ return celebrations. The Falcons recovered the loose ball.
During his postgame explanation, Bly refused to admit that he did anything wrong. But after reviewing the play overnight, Bly changed his mind and went to Singletary to apologize. Bly then did the same publicly.
“I want to come to you all [and] publicly apologize for yesterday,” Bly said. “My comments were totally, totally inappropriate. I apologized to coach. I’m not a selfish guy. I didn’t mean to embarrass him if I did, embarrass my team, embarrass the ownership, embarrass the fans. I’m a prideful guy. I like to have fun. It was totally inappropriate. I got caught up in the moment, and it was wrong.”