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Giants beat 'Skins to open title defense (AP)

Fri, 5 Sep 2008 02:39:41 +1900

The New York Giants kicked off their Super Bowl title defense with what else -- defense. Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the defense limited the new-look Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards and gave indications that these Giants are back for another run in a 16-7 victory that ushered in the NFL season on Thursday night.

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Key issues facing Giants

Thu, 4 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +1900

1 ISSUE: Without Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, the season is over before it starts.

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Despite Injuries, Giants' Defense Is Hardly Lacking

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +1900

The Giants begin their Super Bowl defense against the Redskins minus a pair of lethal pass rushers, but their defense remains stout thanks to Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka.

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McDougle signs with Giants for DE help

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:18:06 +1900

The New York Giants shored up their defensive end position by signing former Philadelphia Eagles first-round pick Jerome McDougle. The Super Bowl champions lost seven-time Pro Bowler Michael Strahan to retirement in June and then had two-time Pro Bowler Osi Umenyiora sidelined with a season-ending knee injury a little more than a week ago in a game against the Jets. New York moved Mathias Kiwanuka from linebacker back to defensive end days after Umenyiora was hurt.

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Giants sign former Eagles DE McDougle (AP)

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:56:41 +1900

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SERBY'S SUNDAY Q&A WITH . . . JUSTIN TUCK

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:44:13 +1900

The Post's Steve Serby sat down with the Giants' top pass rusher following the retirement of Michael Strahan and injury to Osi Umenyiora. Q: You like that everyone's picking the Cowboys? A: Not that we need any more motivation, it does make us feel...

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Lots of Question Marks For Lots of Teams

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:04:26 +1900

Here's what strikes me most about this preseason: Just about all the presumed top teams in the league will enter the season with a major question mark. Start with the two Super Bowl teams: The Giants traded tight end Jeremy Shockey before training camp, lost defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury suffered during a preseason game and failed to lure Michael Strahan out of retirement to replace him. The Patriots haven't...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

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KIWANUKA BAGS SACK AFTER SWITCH

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:57:14 +1900

In the first game since the devastating season-ending injury to Osi Umenyiora, the Giants last night got a look at Mathias Kiwanuka back at defensive end. Kiwanuka, a natural end, moved to strong side linebacker last season in order to get him on...

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Don't Weep Too Much For Giants

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:49:36 +1900

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.

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Michael Strahan will stay in retirement

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:20:49 +1900

Michael Strahan isn't doing a Brett Favre. The seven-time Pro Bowler decided to stay retired after seriously considering a request by the Super Bowl champion New York Giants to return to the team in the wake of a season-ending injury to fellow star defensive end Osi Umenyiora.

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Michael Strahan Is Not Fickle

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:16:00 +1900

Brett Favre retired. And then he didn't. And now, instead of retiring a hero (albeit a hero we've heard enough about), he's returned as a nuisance and a Jet (a nuisance and a Jet we've heard enough about). He made his team nuts for a while, tossing an unnecessary monkey wrench into their plans and pissed off fans across the country by hogging the headlines with his indecisiveness. And then there's his buddy, Michael Strahan. Strahan also retired after a good season, a season in which he won his first Super Bowl. Like Favre, he retired at a good time, not allowing himself to turn into a weak and outdated antique of a player. But then came Osi Umenyiora's injury and the accompanying speculation that Strahan might change his mind. The stage was set. He wasn't putting his team in a difficult position. A spot had opened up, and he could have walked back in and taken it. There wouldn't be a battle between a vet and a rookie. There wouldn't be trade rumors and talk of an intra-division swap. And ...

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Giants make it official: Umenyiora placed on IR

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1900

The Giants placed Osi Umenyiora on injured reserve yesterday, officially ending his season on the day he underwent surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.

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Strahan Turns Down Giants, Will Stay Retired

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:07:53 +1900

Michael Strahan rejects the Giants, opting to remain retired rather than rejoin the Super Bowl champions to replace injured defensive end Osi Umenyiora.

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The Effect of Osi Umenyiora's Season-Ending Injury on the New York Giants

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:44:34 +1900

Derek Lofland from Fantasy Football Maniaxs This is certainly a devastating loss. Osi Umenyiora has led the NY Giants in sacks each of the last three years. He has 40.5 sacks over the last four years, and he had six sacks in one game against the Eagles in 2007. He was a big part of their pass rush. The plan to replace Michael Strahan was to move Justin Tuck to defensive end and have him team with Osi Umenyiora as double-digit sack artists. The Giants can survive this tragedy even without Strahan. They can move Mathias Kiwanuka back to his original position of defensive end. He played that position at Boston College, as well as his first year with the NY Giants; however, that would weaken their linebacker position. This is the worst-case scenario of preseason. To have a player of this caliber go down in preseason is the nightmare every coach has in August. The Giants still have the talent in place to compete in the NFC East. However, it will be challenging to play as well as they did at ...

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Strahan Decides to Stay a Retired Giant

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:12:33 +1900

Michael Strahan, whom the Giants considered wooing out of retirement, has decided to remain retired, preferring to stay in the broadcast booth. >

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Osi officially done for season

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:29:11 +1900

Well, now it’s official: Osi Umenyiora is on injured reserve. The Giants made that announcement earlier today, ending any hopes that he can return for even a small part of the 2008 season. It was always a long shot anyway, and I’m not really sure why Tom Coughlin left the door opener earlier today. After all, even the Giants had called Umenyiora’s knee surgery “season-ending” when they made the announcement on Sunday morning. A full recovery is still expected, but you won’t see Umenyiora in uniform again until next June, at minicamp, at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Giants made another couple of moves as they reached the NFL roster limit of 75. They waived/injured receiver Craphonso Thorpe (and no, at the moment, I can’t remember what his injury is). They were also awarded receiver Marcus Monk off waivers from the Chicago Bears.

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Agent: Giants have reached out to Michael Strahan

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:13:26 +1900

The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora ...

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Coughlin undecided on Osi return

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:39:18 +1900

Osi Umenyiora’s surgery was a success, but Tom Coughlin said today that he has not decided whether to put his injured defensive end on season-ending injured reserve. That decision may come later after Coughlin consults with the doctors, but for the moment there’s at least a slim hope that he could return before the end of the season. “That would be something the doctors would have to have a great deal of input on,” Coughlin said. He also indicated it would be tough to hold his roster spot just for the slim hope of a January return. Meanwhile, Coughlin confirmed that GM Jerry Reese has spoken directly with Michael Strahan, but he had little else to say on the subject. He called any talk of moving Mathias Kiwanuka back to LB to make room for Strahan “hypothetical” and didn’t offer an answer.

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Giants Facing Tough Task to Convince Strahan to Return

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:52:01 +1900

People within the league are skeptical that the New York Giants will be able to lure Michael Strahan out of retirement. The Giants launched talks with Strahan after learning Sunday that fellow defensive end Osi Umenyiora suffered a season-ending knee injury during a preseason game Saturday night. It was thought by some observers that a lucrative contract offer would bring Strahan off the Fox television set and back into the Giants' lineup. But there...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

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2008: The Year That Killed The Preseason -- Hopefully

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:26:28 +1900

In the football history books, 2008 will be forever remembered as the year that killed the preseason—hopefully. The reasoning behind the preseason, in football and in most other sports, has always been a bit lacking. The most practical reason in the NFL is that in-game experience is the only real way to evaluate rookies. Training camps can only tell you so much because how a player performs against a practice squad is going to be a lot different from how they perform against a first-team defense. And, more or less, rookie evaluation is the main reason why owners have resisted calls from Roger Goodell to shorten the preseason and expand the regular season to 18 games. After what has been happening to teams and their key players in the last three weeks, it is difficult to say whether the owner's status-quo stand will wither. On Monday, the New York Giants received word that Osi Umeniyora, the teams' next Michael Strahan, would have to have season-ending knee surgery because of an ...

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KIWANUKA MOVED BACK TO DEFENSIVE LINE

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:16:48 +1900

One very prominent player was missing and a newcomer took his place as the Giants defensive linemen yesterday morning hunkered down inside Giants Stadium. Osi Umenyiora was not in the meeting room, but Mathias Kiwanuka was. "It is something all of...

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GIVE THEM A 'HAN

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:16:48 +1900

It took one day for the Giants to reveal their plan for replacing Osi Umenyiora: Strong-side linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka moves back to his natural position and takes Umenyiora's place as the starting right end. And as Tom Coughlin announced that...

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New York Giants try to lure Michael Strahan out of retirement

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +1900

Strahan's agent, Tony Agnone, says he received a 'courtesy' call from the Giants but said the two sides did no negotiating. > The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday.

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Giants interested in luring Strahan back on field

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:28:33 +1900

The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday night.

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Giants rush after Michael Strahan

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:21:34 +1900

The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday night. The...

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Kiwanuka happy to be back on defensive line

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1900

While Osi Umenyiora's season ostensibly ends with today's knee surgery and Michael Strahan's return is considered, Mathias Kiwanuka is the Giants' starting right defensive end. For now.

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Giants Contacting Strahan to Unretire?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:24:54 +1900

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Giants Put Kiwanuka in Hole Left by Umenyiora

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:17:21 +1900

In the wake of Osi Umenyiora’s season-ending knee injury, Mathias Kiwanuka, the defensive end-turned-linebacker, was converted yet again, this time back to defensive end. >

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Giants attempting to lure Strahan out of retirement

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:18:45 +1900

The New York Giants are interested in luring Michael Strahan out of retirement after losing Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury Saturday night. The Super Bowl champions have contacted the seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end to see if he is interested in ending a brief retirement, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press on Monday.

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Browns QB Anderson still can't practice (AP)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:44:54 +1900

Browns quarterback Derek Anderson wasn't cleared to return to practice Monday, so Brady Quinn likely will start his second straight game Thursday night in the preseason finale against the Chicago Bears. Anderson suffered a concussion Aug. 18 when he was sacked by New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora and his helmet banged off the Giants Stadium turf.

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GIANTS TALKING TO STRAHAN

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:05:10 +1900

The Giants have made initial contact with Michael Strahan, attempting to feel him out about his possible interest in coming out of his brief retirement in the wake of the devastating season-ending injury to Osi Umenyiora. Strahan retired June 9...

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Giants Move Kiwanuka to Defensive End, Open Talks With Strahan

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:10:52 +1900

The New York Giants have moved Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end and reportedly have begun discussions with Michael Strahan about the possibility of him coming out of retirement. Both developments come in reaction the Giants learning Sunday that defensive end Osi Umenyiora would miss the entire season because of cartilage damage in his knee suffered during a preseason game Saturday night against the New York Jets. Kiwanuka is a former first-round draft pick...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.

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Pay no heed to meaningless preseason

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:13:09 +1900

Injuries have struck down Osi Umenyiora and others, leading Adam Schein to wonder what good comes out of the preseason.

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Kiwanuka moving to DE to replace Umenyiora

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:54:04 +1900

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Giants moved Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end to re...

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Giants moving Kiwanuka to DE to replace Umenyiora

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:33:30 +1900

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Giants moving Kiwanuka to DE

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:28:53 +1900

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Putting Osi Umenyiora's Injury Into Perspective.

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:27:36 +1900

The New York Giants suffered a blow to both their defense and Super Bowl hopes Saturday evening with a season ending injury to Osi Umenyiora. Umenyiora suffered a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee, which will sideline him for the entire 2008 season. Surgery is schedule for Tuesday August 26th, and rehabilitation should take four months. Who does New York replace Umenyiora with? What does his loss mean for the Giants' Super Bowl hopes? Will the Giants make a pitch to bring Michael Strahan back from retirement? These are all questions that Giants fans have been asking since Saturday night. Lets take them one at a time: Right defensive ends like Umenyiora don't grow on trees, so free agency or waivers is unlikely to yield much. That means the obvious short term move is to shift Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end, his natural position. The Giants have Renaldo Wynn, Dave Tollefson, Wallace Gilberry, and Alex Morrow competing at defensive end. All may be capable, but ...

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COUGHLIN: NO DISCUSSIONS ON STRAHAN

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:17:45 +1900

Though Giants ownership claims to want Michael Strahan back, coach Tom Coughlin this morning said he hadn't had any discussions about the team's all-time sack leader returning to help replace injured Osi Umenyiora. "You guys keep asking me about...

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Kiwanuka in for Umenyiora as Giants DE (AP)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:15:06 +1900

The New York Giants moved Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end to replace the injured Osi Umenyiora on Monday, a decision that decreases the already slim chances of the Super Bowl champions needing to make a push to get seven-time Pro Bowler Michael Strahan out of retirement. "Obviously this is not the way you want it to happen but it's an opportunity for a lot of guys, and I am one of the guys...

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Giants to shift Kiwanuka back to DE

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:33:21 +1900

Tom Coughlin has a plan to replace Osi Umenyiora, and for the moment it doesn’t include Michael Strahan. The coach announced a few moments ago that Mathias Kiwanuka will move back to defensive end after one year as a strongside linebacker. “I talked with him yesterday,” Coughlin said. “He was more than willing to do whatever he could do in the best interests of the team.” Coughlin said Danny Clark will work in Kiwanuka’s spot at strongside linebacker. That means Gerris Wilkinson will play on the weakiside. As for Strahan, Coughlin said, “There hasn’t been any discussion that I’ve been involved in” about bringing him back. However, he also said “We’re going to explore every option.”

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KIWANUKA MOVING BACK TO END

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:17:30 +1900

The Giants wasted no time determining their best course of action when confronted with an unwanted decision: Who replaces right defensive end Osi Umenyiora, who is out for the season with torn cartilage in his left knee? Mathias Kiwanuka, a natural...

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Giants to shift Kiwanuka back to DE

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:47:00 +1900

Tom Coughlin has a plan to replace Osi Umenyiora, and for the moment it doesn't include Michael Strahan. The coach announced Monday morning that Mathias Kiwanuka will move back to defensive end after one year as a strongside linebacker.

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Strahan would come back for $8 million

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:26:52 +1900

In the wake of Osi Umenyiora's season-ending injury, defensive end Michael Strahan would come out...

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Giants DE Umenyiora needs surgery, to miss season

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:09:27 +1900

The New York Giants' road back to the Super Bowl is going to be a lot tougher than expected.

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UGLY ENDING FOR GIANTS' OSI

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:15:12 +1900

Trying to get some rest, Justin Tuck yesterday put his cell phone on silent, but when he casually rolled over, he was startled by a blinking light. There were more than 20 messages awaiting him and every one contained the same bad news. Tuck's...

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KIWANUKA SET TO SWITCH BACK IF TEAM NEEDS HIM

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:15:12 +1900

Before he knew the severity of the injury to Osi Umenyiora, Mathias Kiwanuka sounded stoic in describing his fallen teammate. "I don't think it's deflating," Kiwanuka said late Saturday night. "This is the NFL. There are season-ending injuries...

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Giants' Osi Umenyiora to sit out season

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +1900

Star defensive end will undergo surgery on his injured left knee. He was hurt during Saturday night's exhibition against the Jets. > New York Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora will undergo season-ending surgery Tuesday on his left knee.

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Giants moving Kiwanuka to DE to replace Umenyiora

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +1900

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Sports of The Times: With Reason to Worry, the Giants May Turn to Strahan

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:13:13 +1900

The player most affected by Osi Umenyiora’s injury — aside from Umenyiora — will be Eli Manning. >

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Two Seasons Turn on Hinges

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:32:00 +1900

Two plays in the second quarter of two preseason games, taking place at roughly the same time, one in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the other in Charlotte, North Carolina and both involving famous defensive ends. The seasons of the New York Giants and Washington Redskins hinged on hinge joints. In Charlotte, Washington's Jason Taylor got pushed backwards on a running play. About five yards downfield he turned just in time to see Reed Doughty tackling the ball carrier. With his right foot planted, a player fell on Taylor's shin just as the other side of the pile hit him from behind. It looked bad on TV and the reaction of the players on the field as they urged the Washington medical staff to hurry to tend to Taylor, who had screamed in pain when the knee bent the wrong way, seemed to confirm a grim prognosis. Although Taylor did leave the field under his own power, he was limping badly. In Jersey, Osi Umenyiora lined up wide on a third-down play. He took an outside rush to try to go around ...

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