 The team refused to comment on the situation, which was another embarrassment for the staff that had made such a large gamble by trading their 1983 first-round draft pick for the rights to draft him two years earlier.His lack of progress forced the team to trade for Brison Manor in the preseason, while Reese was given a brief tryout at nose tackle.Young and naive, Reese was vulnerable to ill-intentioned hangers-on, and developed a cocaine problem which escalated as the pressure on him increased.