I view [being traded from Tampa Bay to New England] as the best thing that happened to my NFL career. 'Cause early [in] Tampa, we couldn't even get on local TV. We was blacked out for like two seasons in a row. [Note: Several Bucs games were blacked out in the 2010 and 2011 seasons.] I came in the league, the first [four] years I had 17 interceptions, three touchdowns and you wouldn't even know it. 'Cause I never got a highlight on NFL Network or nothing, man, 'cause we was losing games, we wasn't on local TV.
As soon as I got out of there, I started getting mentioned in the top five corners in the league. I got like to the main stage. There are certain teams who are the main stage in the NFL and there are certain teams who are not. I got traded to one of the teams who was on the main stage. When I was growing up, I always wanted to go into the NFL, I think the NFL I was thinking of back then was the main-stage teams, the AFC Championships, the Super Bowls, the SportsCenter, always on highlights, and being traded to New England, I was able to get on that stage.