Question: How important was it for you to get a staff that you are comfortable with and have a history with?

"I do think that's always important. Coach (Andy) Reid was tremendous. A bunch of coaches had obviously left here for other jobs where there were openings. Andy and I put our heads together. It was a little bit of a long process, but I think it was long for a good reason. I think we got the right people. You're right in the fact that many of these guys I have a history with, and that's really, really important. Especially, when you start out this process, even in the meetings that we've had, we started right out with terminology because you can't fit in here and talk football unless you're all speaking the same language.

"Believe it or not, every team you go to has a little bit of a different language. We're all on the same page, we're advanced that way. In other words, the guys that are here working together have spoken a very similar language. We're trying to put something together that will work. Having guys that know each other a little bit I thought was really, really important."

Question: How attractive was this Chiefs defensive coordinator position for considering how high-powered the offense was last year?

"I think you won't talk to a defensive coach in the NFL that doesn't say they'd like to be on a team with A) a really good head football coach, and B) a really good quarterback. We all know in today's football in this league if you don't have that position, you don't feel good about that position the quarterback, you're always looking for one and the whole rest of the team is affected when you're looking for it.