Tommy Maddox
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"Thomas Alfred "Tommy" Maddox" is a former American football/football quarterback in the National Football League, the XFL, and the Arena Football League (1987–2008)/Arena Football League.

Maddox was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and raised in Hurst, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex/Dallas/Fort Worth area. At UCLA Bruins football/UCLA, Maddox played college football/collegiately for two seasons and led UCLA to the Sun Bowl/John Hancock Bowl in 1991. The Denver Broncos drafted Maddox in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft. Originally thought to be the successor to Broncos star quarterback John Elway, Maddox had an unimpressive record in his rookie year and saw limited playing time in his early NFL career. Before the 1994 season, the Broncos traded Maddox to the Los Angeles Rams, and Maddox would later join the New York Giants, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Atlanta Falcons. Maddox played under coach Dan Reeves with the Broncos, Giants, and Falcons.

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I was disappointed in that, ... I'd be lying if I said no. I think that sometimes it is to be expected [but] when you have a track record in a city like I do here, I was disappointed.

That's an obvious statement.

That might be the one piece there that solves this whole tragedy.

You don't want your teammate to be hurt, first and foremost. It's a balance, because you want to play, you want to be the guy in there but you want all the guys to be healthy, and you want what's best for the team. We'll see how that goes as the week goes on and see what happens.

Quincy would be able to get in front of him. He [Mathis] made a good play.

We've had quite a bunch of things brought in ... every type, from real small there, to some larger pieces.

I felt really good in the second half.

I would think so. Like a fine wine, you get better with age. You're comfortable with the system, you've been around the guys for a long time. I worked real hard this off-season. I was really kind of getting back to working on my release and my feet. I felt good early in camp and I continued throughout.

It's a tough position. You get a lot of credit at times or a lot of blame at other times, ... If you play long enough, you're going to have some bad days.