'“Before the ink was even dry” on his contract, “I was meeting with coaches, sitting down with” Ed Reed and Dennis Thurman and Rob Ryan, “going over what they need from me and what they’re asking of me as a player, and then getting to study the game plan. … Toward the end of the week, they noticed how much of the defense I already picked up and knew my assignment. They said hey, ‘we feel comfortable putting you in there.’ ”'