Bigblue25 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Giants' Umenyiora requires season-ending knee surgery NFL.com Wire Reports The New York Giants' Osi Umenyiora needs season-ending knee surgery, NFL Network's Adam Schefter is reporting. The Pro Bowl defensive end has a torn MCL. Umenyiora injured his left knee in the second quarter of the New York Giants' preseason game against the New York Jets. Umenyiora started all 16 games last season and had 52 tackles and a team-high 13 sacks. He added seven tackles in the Giants' run to the Super Bowl. The Giants are a bit thin at defensive end this season with the retirement of seven-time Pro Bowler Michael Strahan. Tuck has replaced Strahan. New York also signed veteran Renaldo Wynn in the offseason. With Umenyiora sidelined, the Giants could move strongside linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end. He was switched to linebacker last year so the team could put its best 11 players on the field. "You are always concerned any time a player like that goes down," Kiwanuka said. "That's not good. We know the type of player he is and if he can come back he will. But we have the personnel to step up in his absence." Kiwanuka sidestepped moving back to defensive end, saying that decision is up to the team. Information from the Associated Press was included in this report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubeck Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 That really sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYG Hampton 27 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 This fucking sucks so goddamn much. Fuck preseason, fuck the Jets. How soon can Strahan get into football shape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The year I buy a Umenyiora jersey...... no more buying jerseys in the preseason for me..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYG Hampton 27 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The year I buy a Umenyiora jersey...... no more buying jerseys in the preseason for me..... I'll never buy another active player jersey again, never. The same shit has happened to me too many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleEye Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Kiwi will be playing alot of defensivwe end. Sorry Osi, i feel 4 ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnThePhilFans Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The Giants injury plague hits early. This is prob the last person we could afford to lose on the defensive side of the ball. I am not sold on Wynn in the pass rush. This is major trouble. Our D line is the main reason our secondary improved last year and is the reason why we won the superbowl. With Strahan and Osi gone this is a huge wreck to the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Guys, I'll wait until it official form the Ginats to over react. Last year Mortonson said Manning had a serious shoulder injury ans was going to miss at least 5 weeks. So lets see what the Giants say first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Guys, I'll wait until it official form the Ginats to over react. Last year Mortonson said Manning had a serious shoulder injury ans was going to miss at least 5 weeks. So lets see what the Giants say first. http://www.giants.com/ *cough* *cough* Fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 http://www.giants.com/ *cough* *cough* Fuck. Yeah...I soon as I finish typing and refresh Giants.com. I see the news Umenyiora is out for the season. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxRik Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 http://www.giants.com/ *cough* *cough* Fuck. Oy vey, the board over there is full of some of the dumbest shit I've read in ages. They're in full panic mode (maybe rightfully so), and there are a shitload of 'bring strahan back' threads. Nothing ever changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxRik Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Yeah...I soon as I finish typing and refresh Giants.com. I see the news Umenyiora is out for the season. FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No doubt it's bad news, but let's be realistic here. It's hard enough to repeat with no personnel losses in the off season, nevermind losing Strah, Shockey, Mitchell and the rest. The Giants were going to have a hard time anyway. Everyone thought Tiki retiring doomed us to failure and it worked out for us anyway. The likelihood of that happening 2 seasons in a row, and with 4 times as many losses makes repeating almost impossible. I'm not saying the Giants won't repeat, anything can happen, but with or without Osi, be honest, we were not a shoe-in to begin with. It's going to be a true Rolaid season......I'm totally looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnThePhilFans Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The giants pass rush called... its taking a year off :brooding: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The giants pass rush called... its taking a year off :brooding: It time to put Kiwi back at DE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 We won with resiliency and the ability to overcome adversity last year. Let's do it again. It's a wake up call that every single player on the team is going to have to step up. d-linemen, DBs, LBs, and the O as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 It time to put Kiwi back at DE. i disagree, if we put him back and then next season osi is back than now what, kiwi is on the bench? or moved back to linebacker again. cant be moved around that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BronxRik Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 i disagree, if we put him back and then next season osi is back than now what, kiwi is on the bench? or moved back to linebacker again. cant be moved around that much. Yeah, I agree. I'd have to ask the follwing question though: What if this happened in say, week 5? Obviously Coughlin would have some plan in place, and I'm sure it wouldn't be to move Kiwi mid-season. Knee jerk reaction (no pun intended) would be to move him because the season hasn't even started, but I think Coughlin should stick to whatever plan he had if Osi went down later in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gateb Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 a friend of mine brought up the possibility of us running a hybrid 3-4? i dont see anyway that works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The year I buy a Umenyiora jersey...... no more buying jerseys in the preseason for me..... Buy a T.O. jersey. Don't ever wear it. When he gets hurt, sell it on ebay. Someone will buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueInCanada Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Buy a T.O. jersey. Don't ever wear it. When he gets hurt, sell it on ebay. Someone will buy it. My luck he will catch 45 TDs and gain 4500 yards receiving.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 i disagree, if we put him back and then next season osi is back than now what, kiwi is on the bench? or moved back to linebacker again. cant be moved around that much. He could be used the way Tuck was used last year. If a guy is that versatile, they will find ways to get him on the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feefifoefum Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 My luck he will catch 45 TDs and gain 4500 yards receiving.... Wow. You responded to that post fast! I had to look to make sure you were responding to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalscholar Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Kiwi will play both end and DE. Plus, don't forget about Jay Alford playing some end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue25 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 The year I buy a Umenyiora jersey...... no more buying jerseys in the preseason for me..... I was getting mine this week in start for the opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeMesiS Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 i disagree, if we put him back and then next season osi is back than now what, kiwi is on the bench? or moved back to linebacker again. cant be moved around that much. Then leave him at DE..He's natural position. There's nothing wrong with having 3 DE on a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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