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...
cap contracts effect exactly goodness last money scary situation sure thank trying year
Thank goodness we're not where we were last year or the year before. Because it has to be a very, very scary situation to be way over the cap right now and trying to redo contracts and get your money right, and yet you're not exactly sure what effect the CBA is going to have on it. But that's our world and that's the way we have to live it.
beginning close free happens people sure unsure vest
It's going to be very interesting to see what happens at the beginning of free agency. I'm not sure it's not going to be very close to the vest because people are just unsure as to how it's going to end up.
bigger cap extend help helps hopefully number sure
The cap number is much bigger than we'd like to live with. It would help if we extend his contract, and it also helps us get more players. He will for sure be a Titan for another year, and then hopefully more after that.
cap contracts effect exactly money scary situation sure trying
It has to be a very, very scary situation to be way over the cap and trying to redo contracts and get your money right, and yet you're not exactly sure what effect the CBA is going to have on it. But that's our world, and that's the way we have to live it.
guess price sure
But I am sure he would be very, very expensive. You never say never, but I am going to guess he is going to be out of our price range.
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.