New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel addresses the media during his postgame press conference on Sunday, December 14, 2008.

MC: First and foremost I want to thank family and friends for all their support this week. It has been a tough week for me and my family. The coaches, the players, Mr. Kraft, everybody has done such a great job of supporting me through this tough time and my family as well. I just want to thank everyone for the messages and for the condolences. We appreciate it as a family and I appreciate it as a person. That is really I wanted to say about that. So, thank you very much.