The Patriots are a good team. They have Tom Brady and Deion Branch. It went to who wanted it more. Obviously, they wanted it more than we did.

If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.

We needed that drive because you can't give the ball back to (Patriots quarterback Tom) Brady. You have to keep it away from him because he is able to make so many things happen. That drive of eight minutes was huge for us.

The New England Patriots have always been a special organization and I've always watched from afar.

I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.

I gave him a little lowdown on Oakland, the city, the team, the players. We just talked about a lot of things.