Giants GM Jerry Reese didn’t exactly lay out the whole offseason for reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, but he did say he might make a few more free agent deals than last season.

His only acquisition of note last year was, of course, linebacker Kawika Mitchell, who came on exceedingly strong at the end of the season and the playoffs. And with $20 million of cap space to play with—well, considerably less if he re-signs Mitchell, Gibril Wilson, Derrick Ward, and Reggie Torbor, and bends to Michael Strahan’s and Plaxico Burress’ anticipated demands for renegotiations—he said he wouldn’t be shy about going after anybody who might help the Giants.

“There’s no template,” Reese said, meaning he won’t necessarily follow his philosophy from last season. “You try to do what’s best for your team each year. If you can get the thing done through free agency, you try to get it done. If not, you know you’re going to get draft picks, and you try to do the best with the draft. It’s different each year.

“There’s a lot of possibilities for us. We’ll consider everything.”

Among the considerations right now are a trade for Falcons cornerback DeAngelo Hall and some reported interest in Seattle’s franchised cornerback Marcus Trufant. Hard to believe the Giants would be into Trufant, whose pricetag is going to come in above the $9.465 million franchise number. And they’ve said they wouldn’t want to spend much more than the first-round pick (No. 31 overall) to get Hall.

But you never know. Reese isn’t afraid to trade, or at least talk things over with other teams. And he does recognize that the Giants need shoring up in certain spots, like cornerback.

“We’re not going to lay dead and just say we’ve got a pretty pat hand,” Reese said. “We’re going to keep working and try to improve.”

Ciao for now.