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...
banging few guy surprised
So a guy like that, I think I would be surprised if he didn't end up banging around a few years with somebody.
call
I think right now we have to call it a draw. Is that a surprise?
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.
group position strong
If you look at it from a position standpoint, you can say this is probably as strong a linebacker group as we've had in a while.
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.
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.
backs draft eddie next running
I could draft running backs for the next 30 years and I may never draft another Eddie George,
attributes coach difficult everybody few great league players squad teach
Two great attributes for a coach are: one, to be able to teach everybody on the squad, and two, to get players on the squad to play better than they are. Those things are very, very, very difficult to do, and very few in the league can do it.
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.
kyle next pleased several
We're very pleased to have Kyle here for the next several years.
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.
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.
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.