MrPeepers
04-23-2007, 10:42 AM
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POSTED 12:07 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 3:42 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2007
REESE SHOULD TREAD LIGHTLY ON WILSON COMMENTS
A league source has shared with us some words of wisdom regarding the recent comments of Giants G.M. Jerry Reese as to the possibility that the team will sign former Broncos linebacker Al Wilson.
"Nothing's over at this point," Reese said of Wilson during a Thursday press conference. "We'll see what happens with him in the future."
But the source says that it wasn't wise for Reese to suggest publicly a lingering interest in Wilson, given that the Giants nearly traded for Wilson before concluding that he couldn't pass a physical.
It's a subtle point; if, after all, Wilson couldn't pass a physical when the Broncos and Giants were trying to make a trade, it's possible that Wilson could pass a physical after rehab and rest.
But it also could raise concerns that the Giants fudged the physical in order to later get Wilson without having to give up any draft picks to Denver. Even if that wasn't Reese's motivation, the source thinks that, given the precise manner in which the Wilson deal fell apart, the more prudent course would be for Reese to say nothing at all about Wilson.
POSTED 12:07 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 3:42 p.m. EDT, April 22, 2007
REESE SHOULD TREAD LIGHTLY ON WILSON COMMENTS
A league source has shared with us some words of wisdom regarding the recent comments of Giants G.M. Jerry Reese as to the possibility that the team will sign former Broncos linebacker Al Wilson.
"Nothing's over at this point," Reese said of Wilson during a Thursday press conference. "We'll see what happens with him in the future."
But the source says that it wasn't wise for Reese to suggest publicly a lingering interest in Wilson, given that the Giants nearly traded for Wilson before concluding that he couldn't pass a physical.
It's a subtle point; if, after all, Wilson couldn't pass a physical when the Broncos and Giants were trying to make a trade, it's possible that Wilson could pass a physical after rehab and rest.
But it also could raise concerns that the Giants fudged the physical in order to later get Wilson without having to give up any draft picks to Denver. Even if that wasn't Reese's motivation, the source thinks that, given the precise manner in which the Wilson deal fell apart, the more prudent course would be for Reese to say nothing at all about Wilson.