Kevin Faulk shed a few tears when he learned that the Patriots had deactivated him for last Sunday's Super Bowl against the Giants. "That morning when I got the word that I wasn't going to dress -- wow," Faulk said. "(I) cried a little bit because 75 percent of me knew that this could possibly be my last game playing -- not playing just dressing. If I dressed there could possibly be that much of a chance that I could play, so that really crushed me a whole lot." Faulk told NESN that he wasn't ready to make a decision regarding his football future, but the way he spoke of his career during the interview intimated that he strongly was considering calling it quits after 13 seasons with the Patriots. "I know everyone speculated that I was going to make a decision (after the Super Bowl)," Faulk said. "It's kind of early, and I don't want to tie my emotions to what went on the Sunday that passed. What went on the whole course of the season."