Opening statement:
“I’ll start off by saying, obviously, thank you to you guys for being respectful during my time over this offseason and throughout the last couple months. I know it’s been awhile since I’ve been here in front of you guys, but I do want to say I appreciate that. Secondly, to this organization, to everyone here, Pett (Head Coach Mike Pettine), all the way to the top, (Owner) Mr. (Jimmy) Haslam, (General Manager) Ray Farmer, Flip (offensive coordinator John DeFilippo), Kev (quarterbacks coach Kevin O’Connell), everybody who came to see me throughout my time that I was away – it means a lot to me.