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Published 8/27/2008 by Mark Maske at Mark Maske's NFL Insider

The New York Giants lost Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury over the weekend and were rejected Tuesday by fellow defensive end Michael Strahan, who decided to remain in retirement after being contacted by the Giants about the possibility of returning to replace Umenyiora. But no one should be feeling too sorry for them. They still have a pretty good set of defensive ends in Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka. Tuck became a...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. (link)

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