I think he's definitely in that vein, ... Obviously he's got a long ways to go before we can say he's as great a player as those guys, but he has the potential and to be as good as anyone who's ever played.

He is growing in ways that great players grow,

I feel very comfortable about it. ... I don't think there's any issue at all.

We can tell definitely that speed was a factor here, another factor obviously we don't think anyone was wearing there seatbelts, that was a factor, and more importantly, we believe alcohol was involved in this collision.

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.

In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We were 27-21, won the AFC division title, went to the playoffs twice.