Floyd Reese
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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...
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.
suits
If he can't find something that suits him, he may be back. So again, we have not severed that relationship.
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.
extra personnel players pro rather sensitive stay talk year
It's a sensitive topic. If you talk to most pro personnel people, they would rather have the players stay in to get the extra year of maturity.
classy coming example free games great kid looking maybe program won
He's probably a great example of just what we're looking for in unrestricted free agency. He's young, he's healthy. He's done a lot of things, and maybe most importantly, he's a great guy, classy kid ... and he's coming from a program that's won a lot of games so that's very, very important to us.
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.
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.
learning occasions rightly several step understand wrongly
I think rightly or wrongly from my standpoint, you like to see someone who has been through it. When you get through the postseason, it's a different world. If you've never been there, it's a learning curve. You have to learn and understand it. If someone has been through it on several occasions or just once, they step in with some advantage.
bright knows
He knows that. He's a bright kid. He's very bright.
david experience proven provide receiving winner
David is a proven winner that will provide experience to a young receiving corps.
darn games goes good row six third unique year
The thing that is really unique about it is that this at least the third year in a row where you could go out and say, 'Well, how much can he improve?'Â ... But after six games this year, he's off the charts, and yet there's nothing to make you say this is as good as he's going to get or he'll never be better. I don't know where he goes from here, but right now he's doing pretty darn good.
gets surprised veteran
I wouldn't be surprised if (Edwards), a veteran guy, gets gobbled up at some point,
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,
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.