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When Reiss tossed out the "and that's reporting Mike" line, I guarantee Felger had to bite his tongue and fight the urge to say "No Mike Reiss, that's you sticking to the Patriots talking points." We all know ESPN is in bed with the NFL, and these local ESPN spin offs are reliant on carpet bombing content. Reiss isn't providing hourly updates, stories, etc because he has the time to be super reporter and writer. Not a chance....no doubt their is a mutual understanding between NE and ESPN. Reiss' tone regarding all things NEP is too conciliatory too think any differently. Felger knows how it works and basically called out Reiss.
Look at what Reiss is hinting at today....Talib may go for a 1 year "prove it" contract now. Again, no agent would ever float this but a team definitely would. Reiss' "that's reporting, Mike" was a petty comment based on the reality of how wrong he was after writing how "optimistic" both sides were regarding WW 2 weeks ago. Far from reality.....and "that's the truth, Mike."
Yeah, that Talib going for a one year "prove it" contract sure was "far from reality".