"Michael Allen Doss" is an American former college and professional American football/football player who was a Safety (American football position)/safety in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the early 2000s. He played college football for Ohio State University, earned consensus All-American honors, and was a member of a national championship team. The Indianapolis Colts chose him in the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Colts, Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL.

More Mike Doss on Wikipedia.

I know Coach. He was probably sitting on the edge of his chair on every play, hoping a guy would make a tackle or force a turnover. He knows the game. He understands it, and I'm just glad we could give him some comfort for three hours.

A salute to him. For being so strong.

Today will be the true test, ... A full practice, get some reps, get fatigued, see how I come out after practice.

I'm just glad to be able to get back out there. It's been a while since I've practiced. But I feel like I'm ready to go.

Being from Ohio, they passed up on me twice in the draft. They actually had two opportunities, once in the first round and early in the second round.

Not this week, ... But the tough thing is not being in the meetings, not being here to rehab, us really not being able to help him. That's the tough part of it. But it is what it is. That's the policy and the league sets the policy and we adhere to it.

I knew about the Cardiac Kids and all those guys. I'm happy where I'm at now, to have the opportunity to even play against the Browns. It doesn't really matter where you start, it's how you finish. Who knows, maybe one of these years, I may be finishing my career in Cleveland or Cincinnati.

It's definitely good to be back, ... It was a long week.

I told the umpire I'm taking this ball to my coach. I told him, 'If they change this call, I'm taking the ball,' and that's what I did. It's a salute to him for being so strong.