"When you're in the middle of a game, you don't think too much about that stuff, but, yeah, it's not easy," said quarterback Joe Flacco, one of Pitta's closest friends on the team. "Dennis is a good friend. He's a good teammate, and he's a [heck] of a player. No matter who it is, it's tough to see that happen, especially when it looks like it might be what it is, or it might be serious."