Green had known Hill since the 10th grade at De La Salle High School in New Orleans and played with him at Louisiana State.
They had never discussed any such arrangement, according to Albert Elias, Hill's and Green's agent.
"This wasn't prearranged. Jarvis just recognized that somebody needed to step in and help," said Elias. "Jarvis is always like that. He takes on other people's responsibilities."
Green has three children - Terrence, 9, Já Nya, 4, and Toi, 1 - with his wife, Rakia. He said he knows Hill would have done the same for him.
"Yeah, I know if something was to happen to me he would have been there for my kids," said Green, who was a pallbearer at Hill's funeral. "I don't know of anybody else as far as a teammate that was as close. We had our ups and downs and fusses, just like any other brothers or sisters would do. We had those, but we knew at the end of the day as far as somebody that could be accountable, we knew we had each other's backs no matter what."
After Hill's death, Green invited Máshy and his mother, Inell Benn, Hill's fiancee, to stay at his home.
"[Máshy] was pretty much hanging out with the kids," said Green. "I was taking them out and him being around my kids, sometimes he was calling me Dad. 'Dad, I want this. I wan t that.' "
Máshy is too young to fully grasp the effect of losing his father. Benn said he's still waiting for Hill to return. Every time he sees a black Cadillac Escalade, the car Hill drove, Máshy will sit mesmerized until he can see the driver. Hill's car had deeply tinted windows.
"He understands, but he's still looking for Marquise to walk in the door," said Benn, who moved to Austin, Texas, following Hill's death and is studying to be a nurse. "A lot of people here drive the same car as Marquise drove, and he'll say, 'That's my dad.' I'll say, 'No, he drove a car like that.' He doesn't really understand."
Although she has remained strong for her son, Hill's death has been tough on Benn, too. She attended the Patriots' victory over the Cowboys in Dallas Oct. 14 and after the game received hugs from many of the players. But when the team bus pulled away, she broke down.
