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Ryan Wendell on Dan Connolly: 'He's going to be our biggest fan this year'

Offensive lineman Ryan Wendell met with the media today for the first time this season, as he begn practicing yesterday after being removed from the physically unable to perform list.

Dan Connolly's retirement came up in conversation, and Wendell couldn't speak highly enough about his close friend and former teammate.

"I can’t say enough good things about Dan, so whatever you guys want to write about Dan Connolly, you can," Wendell said. "He was an awesome guy, an awesome teammate, one of my best friends. It was an honor and a privilege for me to play behind him, next to him, anywhere around him for the past seven years.