"He said they weren't really looking for many guys and I was one of the guys they were targeting," he said. "They didn't have the money [under the salary cap] to go out and try to compete with the other top free agents. He was honest, where a couple other teams were kind of going down their list when talking to them and you weren't really a priority to them. You want to go someplace where you're wanted, and I really felt like Hexy wanted me here."