EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Giants General Manager Jerry Reese has customarily waited until the team’s bye week to speak with reporters, a policy that went unchallenged for years because the team typically did not start seasons with mortifying losing streaks.

But this year, with the Giants winless after their first six games, Reese’s silence became conspicuous, especially because he was chided for molding a flawed team.

Tuesday, in his first comments since the preseason, Reese did not attempt to deflect the criticism.

“When you’re 0-6, anything you say about what went wrong, you’re probably right about it,” Reese said of the Giants, who have won their last two games. “At 2-6, it’s not what we expected at the beginning of the season. It’s been chronicled what went wrong, and everybody’s got a lot of opinions about what went wrong. As far as I’m concerned, everybody’s right.”

While Reese obligingly responded to more than 20 questions, his answers were not always revealing, except on one topic: Coach Tom Coughlin.