{"id":233707,"date":"2010-07-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2010\/07\/09\/antonio-pierce-retires\/"},"modified":"2010-07-09T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T05:00:00","slug":"antonio-pierce-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/antonio-pierce-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Pierce retires"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, Antonio Pierce announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Former Giants linebacker and defensive captain Antonio Pierce decided to call it quits.\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In 2005,\u00a0\u00a0Pierce, a free agent,\u00a0signed a lucrative\u00a0contract and became a member of the New York Football Giants.\u00a0<\/span><\/a> <\/span>At the time of his signing, then\u00a0 Giants GM Ernie Accorsi said,\u00a0\u00a0“Our defensive football team just got a lot better today.”\u00a0 “Antonio Pierce is a sideline-to-sideline playmaker. We are not only pleased that we have him, but we are equally pleased that we don’t have to play against him anymore.”\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

In addition,\u00a0\u00a0Pierce’s former head coach and future Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs shared this about Antonio, “Every time we talk about a highlight film or doing a bunch of great things, he is one of the guys,” Washington coach Joe Gibbs said last season. “He will play great on special teams if he gets an opportunity. He is super smart.<\/strong> Our defense thinks he can play linebacker at any position. He has been outstanding for us.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Pierce was outstanding for the Giants.\u00a0 His\u00a0laborious\u00a0film study made him and his teammates better players.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

As\u00a0middle linebacker of the Giants, Pierce made many tackles and plays . Nevertheless,\u00a0these two plays stand out.\u00a0 They will be indelible memories in my mind.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 \u00a0In December 2005, the Giants hosted the Cowboys at Giants Stadium.\u00a0 The winner of this game would go on to win the NFC East. In a tight game against former Giants head coach Bill Parcells’ Cowboys, Pierce scored a touchdown which was the difference in the game.\u00a0 Giants defensive end Justin Tuck stripped the ball from Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe.\u00a0 Subsequently, Pierce\u00a0scooped up the loose ball and waltzed untouched into the endzone.\u00a0 Pierce’s 12 yard fumble return put the the Giants ahead 17-0.\u00a0\u00a0Thankfully for the Giants and their fans, the Giants would go on to defeat the Cowboys 17-10.\u00a0 This victory improved the Giants record to 8-4.\u00a0 Eventually, the Giants would go on to win the NFC East.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 In the\u00a0 2007 NFC Championship game against the Packers- Fighting off two blockers, Pierce made a superb\u00a0stop on Packers running back Vernand Morency.\u00a0 If Pierce did not make this play, Morency would have scored a touchdown.\u00a0Instead of leading 14-6 at the half, the Packers had to settle for a Mason Crosby field goal.\u00a0\u00a0At\u00a0intermission, the Giants trailed by four points-10-6. \u00a0Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said this about Pierce’s remarkable stop, \u201cHad he not made that play,\u201d<\/em>coach Tom Coughlin said, \u201cwho knows where that ball would have gone?\u201d\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

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Antonio, thank you for the memories especially Super Bowl XLII.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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