Susan [Stocker] and John [Rose] being away this year has created some personnel issues in the department as a whole,

I can't get into specifics regarding personnel issues.

Tom has done an excellent job with our player personnel department over the last four years and we're fortunate to be able to keep him for the next several seasons. He is one of the hardest-working people I have ever met and is one of the best talent evaluators in the NFL.

Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill.

She was indomitable. [About Susan Sontag]

I would say this year the bloom is definitely off the rose.