A healthy dose of perspective from Reiss

[MoLewisrocks]

In his look around the NFL and NEP.

Mike is definitely back in off the ledge (BB the GM) he oddly chose to clamber out onto at the start of last season...

2. I don’t buy into the line of thinking that the Patriots need to alter their approach and “go for it” because Tom Brady will be 35 in August and the window of opportunity is closing. They were a bouncing football away from winning the Super Bowl this year (two forced fumbles both recovered by the Giants), and with a good draft and some help in free agency, they should be right back in the hunt again. It takes some good fortune, too.

3. Before the final preseason game of 2011, with the Giants visiting the Patriots, I remember how the Giants were taking heat in New York for not doing enough in the offseason to improve their team. The Jets had generated much more buzz. But general manager Jerry Reese didn’t flinch, which is a good reminder that those who stick with their plan and scout and draft well will usually outlast those looking for splashy headlines.

As for item 10, as with Bedard my one quibble would be his Sanders observation. Not sure Bill would have done a thing differently and positive it wouldn't have mattered... As for the other two, he missed a chance to characterize 2 non factors as Ocho's squeeze would...



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