We asked him and his attorney the different allegations and both of the denied them. Both of them said that Reggie didn't do anything wrong so we obviously took him at his word which is what we should do. But none of that had anything to do with that. We told them this was strictly a football decision. We wanted to get a defensive end. |
We believe in Reggie as a person and as a player. We checked into the allegations. We talked to Reggie and his mother about it. This was a football decision. It had nothing to do with anything other than football. |
We could have 30 days notice at any time, and then he's gone, |
We didn't feel it was appropriate for him to be playing for the league minimum. This shows that if a player comes in and performs better than expected, we're willing to tear up the contract and pay him what he's worth. This puts him up there with the good starting running backs in the league. |
We don't have a cap problem. But, obviously, our activity in free agency would be significantly affected by whether there's a deal or not. |
We had made progress in each of our first three years, and we had a better team coming back this year. But the injuries to key people have really hurt. |
We need a lot of things. I think we've got a nucleus. I don't think we're as bad as our record, but we're not a playoff team. We can make a jump here if things are hit right between free agency and the draft. |
We spent a couple of hours with him, and you get a little more read on his personality, more than a 15-minute interview in Indianapolis. I think he's a class individual, well-spoken, genuine. |
We were confident we could reach a deal with Reggie Bush too. |
We're getting better every year, |
We're going to get offers for this pick. We've already had discussions with teams. I think there's value in our pick. |
We're going to take the best player available. We have enough needs. We did a good job I thought in free agency. But we still have areas where we can use depth. It won't be hard for players that we pick to come in and contribute this year. |
We're pleased to have acquired him. The reason we targeted him on the first day of free agency was because we thought he was a good young talent. |
We're probably younger than we have been, but we still believe we have made improvements. |
We're very happy to have Eric with us. He gives us a proven receiver to go along with Andre Johnson. Now we can line up and we have two first class wide receivers and we feel very fortunate about that. |