. >> reporter: janet mccoy saying it was a crucial line of support, joining the group after losing here to dementia last year. the retired packers quarterback diagnosed with the disease in his 50s. >> a lot of it has to do with what we're dealing with as wives. how to best take care of our husbands. the one thing that i feel strongly about is validate being -- validating a wife's feeling. if doesn't matter if they think they're alone. they're not. >> reporter: for jordan nelson, it's a safe place to ask questions about life in the league. >> last year my husband and i, we went through an agent change. and i was able to private message someone in the group who had been through the same thing. things like that that maybe a regular friend can't relate to, family issues like getting traded, cut, those type of things are things that we discuss. >> reporter: deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> it is a troubling thing, and it's why many, many wives including tom brady's wife has expressed concern. >> it's great that they have a resource to talk to each other about these things. >>> coming

. >> reporter: janet mccoy saying it was a crucial line of support, joining the group after losing her dementia last year. the retired packers quarterback his 50s. >> a lot of it has to do with what we're dealing with as wives. how to best take care of our husbands. the one thing that i feel strongly about is validating a wife's feeling. if doesn't matter if they think they're alone. they're not. so many have gone through the same thing. >> reporter: for jordan nelson, it's a safe place to ask questions about life in the league. >> last year my husband and i, we went through an agent change. and i was able to private message someone in the group who had been through the same thing. things like that that maybe a regular friend can't relate to, family issues like getting traded, cut, those type of things are things that we discuss. >> reporter: deborah roberts, abc news, new york. >> it is a troubling thing, and wi mvehy ws in mclanuding tom be has expressed concern. >> it's great that they have a resource to talk to each other about these things. >>> coming up, how many dates is too man

. >> reporter: janet mccoy saying it was a crucial line of support joining the group after losing her dealing with as wives, how to best take care of our husbands. the one thing that i felt strongly about is validating a wife's feeling. it doesn't make any difference if they think they're alone, they're not. so many of us have gone through the same thing. >> reporter: for jordan nelson whose husband cory is a fourth year linebacker for the broncos it's a safe place to ask questions about life in the league. >> last year my husband and i went through an agent change and i was able to private message someone in the group who had been through the same thing. things like that that maybe regular friends can't relate to. things like with family issues, you know, like getting cut, traded, those types of things are things that we discuss. >> reporter: so though they don't meet in person many in this nfl family saying they really get to know each other and trust each other. janet dorsett even pointing some of them to programs that the nfl already has in place and as for the nfl, the group tell