To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.

Colin Kaepernick has the tools to be one of the greatest of all time

As I learn more and more about the six-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's obvious to me that NFL owners understood that they were going to get a new deal done at all costs.

We have a lot of rule changes. I am part of the competition committee. We spent a lot time evaluating the game, how do we make the game better for our fans.

The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

The heartbeat of a football team is the quarterback position and I think everyone who has any intelligence about the game understands you must have consistency at that position to be a championship team.

To go to the next level, you have to be special, and I look for those special qualities in those players, those qualities that I think will translate to the NFL.