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...
cause deem enters fact fight guy hit locker mean room waver
It doesn't mean that we hit on 100 percent, that doesn't mean that every guy that enters the locker room is an angel. But that doesn't cause you to waver from the fact that you still deem it important, and you still look for it and you fight to get it.
bunch envelope games number pushed trying win won
We pushed the envelope for a number of years there, trying to win as many games as we could. And we won a bunch of them.
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.
adjust bring coach good hard help somebody tools
From an organizational standpoint, it's hard to bring in a coach and adjust to that coach. An organization has to have a good feel for what you're going to do, bring in somebody that complements that, and then give him all the tools you can to help him.
guy love might team wants
If (agent Carl) Poston comes and says, 'Hey, my guy is in love with your team and he wants to play for the minimum,' then things might be different.
press seen time
I don't think I've ever seen this. So this one's kind of new. I've only been doing this for 30 years, and this is the first time the press got an e-mail and the G.M. didn't.
gm press seen time
I don't think I've ever seen this. I've only been doing this for 30 years, and this is the first time the press got an e-mail and the GM didn't.
coached father grew guys passing runs
I don't know. He's not one of those 6-4, 220-pound guys who runs the 40 in 4.6. But he's an athlete. His father coached for 30 or so years, so he grew up in a passing system.
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.
both camp deal gets practices rookie sides
If both sides are realistic, then that rookie deal gets done, ... We know how important it is to get a rookie to camp in time. We know you can't make up 35 practices overnight.
awful death opportunity thrilled worked
We were thrilled to death to have an opportunity to get him back. So it worked out well. It's a plus-plus, and we're awful happy.
camp days eight five happens might miss nine practices regular takes weeks
What happens is in camp you can go five days and get in eight or nine practices, ... During the regular season, you might get in 21/2 practices in five days. What you miss in camp, it takes weeks to make up that time.
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.