He's a guy that's worked hard to come back from his knee injury and I would imagine he would be ready to go when the season opens up pretty good. I think he's got a great shot at doing that. (That's what) all indications were when he was in our building. He's a very quiet leader but a guy you'll have all the time.

"I'm not disappointed in free agency because that's the system. What's disappointing is Stacy led us to believe he wanted to stay, so it was up to his representative to get the contract done and we felt like we had the deal done and all of a sudden he walked away."