Giants Have Surplus of Draft Picks ; Wide Receiver Is Reese's Pressing Need

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › March 05, 2009

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You can't save them like rollover minutes in a cellphone plan. You can't trade them in for merchandise or cash value. In the NFL, if you have draft choices in a specific draft, you have to use them in that draft -- or deal them away to another team.

After his quick free agency spending spree has filled three defensive needs, Giants general manager Jerry Reese is faced with a problem most teams would love to have. He has too many draft picks and not enough needs.

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Giants Have Surplus of Draft Picks ; Wide Receiver Is Reese's Pressing Need

With an extra second-round and extra fifth-round pick from New Orleans in the Jeremy Shockey trade, the Giants have nine picks. They also may get one ...

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