Once again, it's the Rex Ryan sales pitch that wins over a player: He said that Rex Ryan's sales pitch helped. "I felt like I was in college again (talking to Rex)," he said, "you know when you have someone sitting across from you that understands and knows your work and knows that you can play this game and still play at a high level, that means a lot. And that's what coach Rex basically echoed to me — 'You can still play this game, I've seen tape. You can help us.' And that's all it took, was someone else believing..."