Floyd Reese
Floyd Reese
Floyd Reese is a former National Football Leagueexecutive. From 1994 to 2006, he held the position of general manager of the Tennessee Titans. Reese then served as an analyst on ESPN's NFL Live, and as a writer on ESPN.com before joining the New England Patriots as a senior football advisor...
bit fourth maybe plentiful second shy third
The receivers are maybe a little bit shy at the top, but maybe thicker and more plentiful in the second and third and fourth round.
along contracts jack later maybe million minimum percent salary second signing somebody year
The old contracts we would do with somebody along these lines. You would say, 'OK, I'll give you a $10 million signing bonus, and then the minimum salary the first year and maybe the second year, and then later on in the contract really jack the salaries up.' Now, because of the 30 percent rule, you really can't do that.
classy coming example free games great kid looking maybe program won
He's probably a great example of just what we're looking for in unrestricted free agency. He's young, he's healthy. He's done a lot of things, and maybe most importantly, he's a great guy, classy kid ... and he's coming from a program that's won a lot of games so that's very, very important to us.
commitment eddie everybody expected gotten hold line maybe none past people questions stronger talk
I don't know if all the talk the past two years has gotten into his head, ... But I think he's been probably stronger than a lot of us, a lot of his backers. A lot of people that he maybe expected to hold the line with him maybe caved in a little bit. If everybody was as strong about the commitment as Eddie is, then none of these questions would have ever popped up.
good lost number players replace takes talented team time
Now, our team is talented but very young. We lost a number of really good players and it takes time to replace them, if you can. We're working our way through that.
combined direction four games healthier last players playoff seven signed
Last year, we had seven players leave. Those seven players had a combined 52 playoff games. We've signed four players to date, and those four have 30 playoff games ? a younger, healthier group. I think you can see the direction we're headed.
carry heavier
So he's got to carry a heavier load.
surprise though
We won't exercise. You can write that if you want, though I don't think it will be a surprise to anybody.
common counter early ground matter trying waiting work
We're kind of waiting on a counter from them. We're still way early in the negotiations. We're just getting started. It's just a matter of trying to find some common ground and going to work on that common ground.
dance exciting invited playoffs taking year
We know it can't go on forever, that's obvious. But I think as long as you have the quarterback that we have, you've got a chance. The real exciting part is that if you keep getting invited to the dance every year, then at least you've got a chance. We've got to just keep making the playoffs every year and keep taking our shot.
decided good rather took year
We were still good enough that we decided let's give it another shot. But we got to this year and said it's time. Rather than try to tippy-toe our way through it, we just took it all in one big shot.
draft ended great group guys hit trying
We didn't want to have to go into the draft trying to hit 10 different spots. We had hand-selected a group of guys that we thought if we could get one or two, we'd be in great shape. We've ended up with four.
anxious both bring heavy running seen
We've seen him play successfully as both a fullback and a running back, ... I think we're going to be real open-minded and bring him in and just see where he excels. He's a big, strong, heavy kid. We're anxious to get him in and let him do some different things and see what he does well.
knew pay time won
We didn't get the only thing that matters, the ring, but we won some games. The whole time we knew we'd have to pay the piper.