He's tremendously talented, he's really got some rare natural gifts. We felt really strongly about him, and it was more than how talented he was. He sees the field tremendously, he never makes the same mistake twice and he learns from all of them, and he's a tremendous competitor that knows how to win.

I wanted it to be the case -- and he ended up having a pretty good first season.

Going in, we didn't think Tommy was going to be able to play this week, (but) he looked pretty good. And Charlie has worked hard on the show team, and he looked good and did a good job.

He was good when he got here, and he's getting better all the time. I was fortunate to land in a tremendous situation.

I know that when I went to work him out, (the Giants) put a hard rush on him. But Ben would have been good wherever he went. The difference is last year he had all he could handle just to know what we were doing. Last year we never could have done the game plan we had for Denver. Not even close.

The offense has really evolved through that.

I'll be out there next week, getting in a little vacation.

It always helps to surround yourself with talent.