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...
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.
across guys players seen single test walk
I've seen players test in single digits and play 10 years, and I've seen some guys test in the 30s that couldn't walk across the street.
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.
along aside game plan plans premise type work
We've had a premise and a game plan for that set aside all along in our plans -- a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C type of thing -- so we've been able to work through it.
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.
four free money players three
We will be able to participate in free agency. We will not be a big player. We will be able to participate. The players we have now, we have money pocketed in three or four different places.
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.
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.
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.
happy
You have to probably be happy with that,
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.
knew pay time won
We didn't get the only thing that matters, the ring, but we won some games. The whole time we knew we'd have to pay the piper.
kyle next pleased several
We're very pleased to have Kyle here for the next several years.
accomplish both case defense ethic free helps himself intensity kyle last next parties pleased season several work worked
We're very pleased to have Kyle here for the next several years. Last season he exemplified himself as an important part of our defense through his work ethic and intensity on and off the field. It helps us to get something worked out with him before free agency, and I think both parties in this case were able to accomplish what they wanted with the deal.