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...
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.
group position strong
I think you can look at the linebacker position and say this is probably as strong a group as we've had in a while.
equal lean players strength toward
I think all things being equal - speed, size, strength - you're always going to lean toward those players who are more tested,
along durable everybody extremely guys help kevin knows winning year
Kevin has been extremely durable just year after year. Kevin is one of those guys who understands what winning is and knows how to win and can help everybody along that way.
gets surprised veteran
I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,
element key top
It has always been a key element for us. We have never wavered from Day One. It's always been at the top of our list.
ahead everybody half step
He was always a half a step ahead of everybody else.
career finish hopefully number
He will hopefully be a Titan for a number of years and finish his career here.
basis certainly few last par
He's certainly on par with the quarterbacks that have come out on a yearly basis over the last few years.
bright knows
He knows that. He's a bright kid. He's very bright.
player playing round
He may round out into a player and end up playing for 10 years, and that could make us look pretty dumb,
follow healthier league personally rules whatever
Whatever the rules are, we'll follow them. I personally think it's healthier for the league to have a cap, but that's my opinion.
albert deal doubt forced forces helps knock obviously people playing trying
There is no doubt we're much better with Albert in there, ... Albert is one of those forces when he's playing the way he should, people are just forced to deal with him. Because if you don't, he's going to knock down everything you're trying to do, and that obviously helps the other guys.
last past percent plan talked tough year
We talked about the plan last year. We went through it. We had a tough time. We purged. We got past that. We said this year we would be 100 percent better off. We are 100 percent better off.