A lot of people put a lot of time into identifying players that we think we can get and like to get and see where they fit,

Everyone's concern is the safety of the players and the coaches and the fans. And that's what most paramount. Obviously, I've never watched the Weather Channel as I have in the last 24, 48 hours.

He was the highest rated guy on our board — without any question. We were looking for defensive backs and players who can set the tone.

I need to know what we think we might be able to get with our draft choices -- particularly our first-day draft choices. Once I can determine that with my personnel people, then I'll make a decision if it's worth continuing to pursue for a first-day draft choice, which I'm sure is what Matt wants.

It's a long season. You could see in training camp that there were spurts of this possibility happening. I think that anyone that watches us can see that we've gotten faster on defense, which is always key.

It's just a situation where he's run out of time on PUP active status. He had some more surgery done on that knee. They took out a plate and screws. Both (head coach Dick Vermeil) and I saw it and it was pretty substantial. I don't know how he moved around with that.