Reese’s pieces

He was right there, actually using his seat at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia because his nerves don't get the better of him and he's able to sit and watch rather than pace and peek. Jerry Reese last January saw how the Giants, weakened considerably by the absence of five starters, did everything but beat the Eagles in an NFC Wild Card playoff game.

Back then, Reese was the director of player personnel. When he took over as general manager, Reese immediately thought back to that 23-20 loss and decided the team he inherited was a good one. “We went to Philadelphia in the playoffs last year, we should have won the game, our defense couldn't hold ‘em, but we played well enough offensively to win the game," Reese recalled this week. “We had seven or eight players out with injuries and we still should have won that game. We couldn't be that far away." Continue