Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley
New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese has repeated what he first told this blog in August. He thinks the '09 Giants have a chance to be better than the Super Bowl team of '07 and the 12-win team of '08.
"People like to compare teams to the Super Bowl team and the team that won 12 games last year," Reese told the Daily News. "This team has a chance to be better than those two teams."
Reese also defended his decision not to trade for a high-profile receiver to replace Plaxico Burress, pointing out that he's not playing "fantasy football," although he may or may not have given me some fantasy advice in the fifth round of our Art Vandelay League draft late last month.
"I think (the wide receiver situation) is sensationalized to a degree," Reese told the Daily News. "Just like two years ago we made a move at left tackle and people said 'Oh, these guys aren't going to win a game.' Well, we won a lot of games since we moved David Diehl out to left tackle. Everybody was like it was the end of the world. So it's just like everything. If we do well this season with the receivers we have, everyone will say I'm smart. If we don't, they'll say I'm not that smart. That comes with the territory."
Hope you're having a wonderful Labor Day.
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Mosley, an award-winning writer for The Dallas Morning News for seven years, joined ESPN.com in January 2007. Mosley, a Baylor graduate, writes columns, features and blogs for ESPN.com.