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...
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.
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.
eddie expect gain people productive season weeks yards year
It comes and it goes, ... He'll go out the first two weeks of the season and gain 200 yards and people will be saying, 'Well, the old Eddie's back.' You know, Eddie never left. It's overreaction and overanalyzing. He's going to be the same, and he is the same. We expect him to be as productive this year as any year.
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.
dealt four guy
They've dealt with hoopla for three, four years. You know, at least some of the time, a little better maybe, what you're going to have when you get a guy in your program.
deal everybody hopes plans
All along, we have had two plans put together. One if a deal got done and one if it didn't. Plan A and Plan B. Everybody hopes for A, but you made the other one for a reason, I guess.
ball behind confidence eight far gigantic guy next until
You're so far behind the eight ball before you come in, and then you don't do as well, ... Then your confidence suffers. In some cases, you don't get a guy back until the next year. I think that's a gigantic factor.
flashes
You see flashes of what you're getting, ... But you can't see it with any consistency.
million paying short
Anything short of paying the $50 million is a possibility.
basis continue happen next talk week weekly
This is not going to happen in the next day or two or week or two. It's going to take time. We'll continue to talk on a daily, weekly basis and see if we can't make progress.
contract sheer
This is probably going to be as big a contract as we've ever done, just from sheer volume.
group strong
This is probably as strong a linebacker group as we've had in a while. Corners, I think, are going to be young, but they are going to be talented.
process
This does not end the process with Jevon. We would still like to have him as part of this team, just not under the 'franchise tag' parameters.