ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Months after he raised plenty of eyebrows in the Rocky Mountain region for how he left the Denver Broncos, Houston Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler addressed his exit in free agency to Denver media Thursday.A second-round pick in the 2012 draft, Osweiler spent four years in Denver before signing a four-year, $72 million deal with the Texans in March. The Broncos and Texans face each other Monday night in Denver, Osweilers first trip in as a visiting quarterback.His departure from Denver wasnt smooth, and many within the Broncos organization said Osweiler had little or no contact with teammates or others with the team in the weeks leading up to free agency.Osweiler did not attend the Broncos trip to the White House in June when the team was honored by President Barack Obama. He also skipped the Broncos ring ceremony in June as well as Peyton Mannings retirement news conference in March.Thursday, Osweiler repeatedly said he had nothing but respect as well as love and appreciation and gratitude for Broncos coach Gary Kubiak, executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway, his former teammates with the Broncos and Broncos fans.On the White House trip, Osweiler said the Texans were in the middle of their OTAs.The White House was pretty simple -- we had an OTA that Monday, you know, as weve talked in the past, Osweiler said. Learning a new offense, a new system, you know, like we went through in 2015 in Denver. It takes a lot of time, a lot of repetitions. You can even multiply that when youre trying to learn a new system and new teammates and build chemistry.Bottom line, I wasnt at the White House because we had an OTA that Monday when the Broncos visited the president and the White House, and I felt like it was important for me to be here with my new teammates.Osweiler offered the same explanation for the ring ceremony, which other players who had signed elsewhere in free agency did attend, including linebacker Danny Trevathan, safety David Bruton Jr. and defensive end Malik Jackson.Ring ceremony, same deal -- ring ceremony was Sunday night, we had a practice Monday morning, and if I went to the ring ceremony, I wouldnt have been able to catch a flight back for OTAs, Osweiler said. Every single day is important.For Mannings retirement news conference, Osweiler said he was on vacation with his family, including his wife, parents and brother, and didnt want to leave the group. He said he reached out at the time to Manning and had exchanged several text messages with Manning.Im not sure why that would come across as a bad look, Osweiler said. I wasnt going to leave the one vacation that I get with my parents and my brother and my wife to race back last minute. Bottom line, I have nothing but respect for Peyton Manning. ... He was always a great teammate to me; hes still a great friend to this day. ... For me not being at the press conference, thats not a story.Osweiler said he also saw Elway in Idaho this summer and had a great conversation with him.After the Texans had announced Osweiler had signed with the team, Elway issued a statement that said, in part, Weve stayed true to our philosophy of building a team with players who want to be Denver Broncos and want to be here.Earlier this week, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall said he has no animosity toward Osweiler but joked that the team wants to kill him in Monday nights game.Asked about the remark, Osweiler laughed and said, Seems like they miss me.Von Miller also said he respected Osweilers decision to sign with Houston, but said theres added motivation Monday night because Osweiler is a former teammate.Besides what [Marshall] said, everything else, we love Brock, Miller said. Like I said before, I love Brock. We went through the same process together. We talked during that period. I get where hes coming from. I 100 percent get why he made the decision that he made. It was the best decision for him. And I have nothing but 100 percent respect for that. It just a little added sauce on it when its someone youve played with before. Thats all it really is. Its just a little sauce on the top.ESPNs Sarah Barshop contributed to this report. Authentic Nike Air Force 1 Wholesale . -- Hunter Smith scored the winner with just 12 seconds remaining in the third period as the Oshawa Generals edged the host Sarnia Sting 5-4 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Air Force 1 Cheap Online . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. http://www.airforce1cheap.com/ . Defenceman Yannick Weber scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Canucks breathed a sigh of relief with a 2-1 win on Saturday night. 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