‘”I thought he and (Bills president) Russ (Brandon) and (general manager) Doug Whaley were so supportive when the process was kind of dragging on, there were a couple times where I considered pulling my name out, just because I didn’t want to put the Bills in a lurch, knowing that if I left that now they were going to have to scramble to maybe fill some jobs on the defensive side. But they were great, and again I can’t be thankful enough.”‘