Kiwanuka OK after scary finish

by Ed Valentine on Sep 5, 2008 12:00 PM EDT in News Comment 7 comments

The biggest news today is that Mathias Kiwanuka is fine following a scare on the final play of last night's 16-7 victory over Washington.

In case you missed the play, it looked like Washington's Chris Samuels grabbed Kiwanuka's leg as he went by in pursuit of Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell on the final play. I thought it was unnecessary.

Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Kiwanuka did suffer a minor ankle injury on the play. Giants' defensive end Justin Tuck expressed what I'm sure everyone felt when he saw Kiwanuka go down.

"I wish I could repeat the words that were coming out of my mouth, but you can’t put them on TV," Tuck. "The last thing we can have is a very important guy like Kiwanuka go out. To see him up and walking around was encouraging."

Here are some other stories of interest following the Giants' season-opening victory.

The New York Post's Mike Vaccaro says it is too soon to tell what the season holds for the Giants. By the way, there are so many Giants' stories on the Post's Web site today it is ridiculous. You could spend all day there.

ELI IS THE MANN: Newsday's Wallace Matthews says Eli Manning, not that other guy who plays for the Jets, is the No. 1 quarterback in New York. I agree. He is the Super Bowl MVP, and the other guy has not played a game for a New York team yet.

BURRESS' BIG NIGHT: It was a huge night for Plaxico Burress, on the field and off. A happy, healthy Plax is a great thing to see.

FANS MAKE STATEMENT: It was a great, celebratory night. Giants' fans, though, still managed to express their displeasure with the Giants' decision to use PSLs in their new stadium.

DOMINATING 'D': SI.com's Don Banks says reports of the demise of the Giants' defense appear to be premature. That should hardly be a surprise to anyone who actually understands how deep and talented this unit actually was last season. The pass rush will be fine, provided the Giants stay healthy.

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Amazing

Yahoo reporting that Samuels “fell” on Kiwanukas leg.maybe what you see depends on who your rooting for. To me it was a perfect tackle.

We're only gonna score 17 points?

by big blue wrecking crew on Sep 5, 2008 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Fell

is total BS. Dove and grabbed it is more like it.

by Ed Valentine on Sep 5, 2008 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Fell?"

kind of like how Tatum Bell “found” Rudi Johnson’s luggage?

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 5, 2008 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LMAO!!!!!!

I like that

Giants fan from the womb to the tomb

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Sep 5, 2008 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad he's ok.

That looked bad.

April in CA

by peytonsthebest on Sep 5, 2008 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

there needs to be a fine

and possibly a suspension for Samuels on that play, and I’m not just saying it as a Giants fan.

the NFL can’t let stuff like that go on. the fact that you could get 15-yards for brushing a players face mask, yet only 10 for when an offensive lineman grabs you from behind with intent to injure is absolutely baffling to me. it was equal to a vicious late hit to me.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Sep 5, 2008 1:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs