89 Quotes by Floyd Reese

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.

Anything short of paying the $50 million is a possibility.

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.

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.

You see flashes of what you're getting, ... But you can't see it with any consistency.

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.

This is probably going to be as big a contract as we've ever done, just from sheer volume.

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.

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.