How Do The Giants Replace Mathias Kiwanuka? They Don't

dude was just breaking out but this team has absolutely no luck. Might as well look at it like he’s done for the year, anything else will be a surprise I guess. And how effective would he be anyway?

Osi’s gonna have to step up. Maybe Sintim can do something…he has the physical skill to be the jack of all trades like Kiwi was, but can he do it? Lets see what JPP can do.

Hopefully its just a thing where he misses a few weeks then helps bring back some more life to the team.

Only good thing about this I guess is we’ll get to see what JPP and Sintim are about early, and hopefully Anvil too.

Thinking long term here.

Kiwi is very valuable and also a FA at season’s end (not sure what labor contracts do to that situation). Osi is under contract but has lingering hip problems. That leaves JPP and Tuck ( sorry Dave) as high caliber ends for next year. Unless you put Sintim back there.

If the Giants get a medical prognosis that confirms that he does in fact have an NFL career, do the Giants make a statement and re-sign Kiwi even thought he is not playing? If you believe in this guy ( and I do) then I think the answer is yes.

As I understand it, M. jOhnson has the same problem and so what about him. Granted he isn’t a starter but he has made some good plays for us as well. This Kiwi injury really hurts though. His performance in the last three games has been superb and when you consider that fact that this guy has play in several different positions, I find it hard to think that JPP will be able to come in and compensate for Kiwi’s potentiality. This year already sucks and we are only three games in to the season. I have a feeling that it will be a long and brutal one. Hope I am wrong.

I think this is going to have a much bigger impact than I first thought. Follow me here…Kiwi has been excellent so far this year being a semi-starter(hate that label)…that is a fact. Kiwi is the biggest threat to Osi’s starting job even though they move Kiwi around. Osi has underachieved so far due to injuries and/or a lost step. Osi had to know that Kiwi was creeping closer and closer on the depth chart. If he is performing averagely while in a bit of a “competition” then I’m thinking now that his competition is sidelined indefinitely Osi, whether consciously or subconsciously, he may feel his job is completely secure and we may see a dip in his already concerning performance.

I’m a big fan of Osi’s and I’m hoping that this incident shows him, and all the other guys, that there are no guarantees when it comes to your health and your job. It can all happen so swiftly and unexpectedly that these guys should play every down like it may be the last. You have to make you mark in this game when you have a chance because if you don’t you might not get another. Play your heart out and handle all the off-field preparation professionally.

other than DT, he should be able to do all the other stuff.

Not that anyone should….just wondering. Medical presence at games has improved a lot the last few years.

With the injury, the Giants might be able to resign him at the end of the season. At the level that he was playing, I don’t think that they would’ve been able to afford to bring him back.

kiwi was showing to be a play maker, and more importantly, he was being used to capitalize on his athletic ability all over the front 7

we’re going to need multiple people to step up….that’s the key. But it’s not like we’re going to ask people to do TOO much. Just their jobs. If JPP or Canty have to play some DE to replace those snaps Kiwi got, than so be it. If Boley has to stay on the field….or should Sintim have to come on the field to play some snaps at OLB where Kiwi used to….than so be it. Should Linval Joseph have to take reps at DT to replace the snaps lost by Kiwi….wait for it….THAN SO BE IT. lol

Again, clearly it’s a loss….Kiwi was making plays. Stepping up and making plays mind you.

Over the course of a game, you need those plays…insted of one guy replacing Kiwi’s 4 sacks and 11 tackles….If 3 or 4 guys can pick up that slack we’ll be ok….but they will have to consistently….week in and week out pick up that slack (if Kiwi is out long term). So that’s why I think long term it could be an issue….there was a reason why Kiwi was displacing other “starters” at their respective positions. He was simply better than them in those particular situations.

welcome to he NFL kid.

you guys all said it one person doesn’t replace all the things that Kiwi was doing for us but, we do still have guys that can step in and do what they do best. They need to lean on the skill sets of what they got.

Yeah this one isn’t an easy pill to swallow but lets see what the prognosis is before we bury the body and the season with it. I for one believe this is the one position on the team that we can afford to take a hit without tragic throw in the towel and rebuild results. We all bitched about drafting JPP because we were already full at the position, well thanks to that pick we still are, maybe not as dominant as we may have been but we’re still good there.

As for the rest, I think we will now begin to see more intricate blitz packages against both the run and the pass. Perry will have to ask for more out of the “other 7” it doesn’t seem very wise to expect the same amount of pressure from the front 4 without Kiwi, this could wind up being beneficial in terms of getting everyone involved and aggressive rather than relying on a few guys to get a push.

It’s only week4, the sky is still up, it hasn’t fallen yet. I’m with Gonz on this one lets beat the Bears and then see where we stand

Its now your times to shine. Collectively. Go out and do it. Enough excuses, make us feel good about drafting you.

This is coming at a bad time with Bulluck looking like he’s out this week. Kiwi couldve slid in for Bulluck and gotten even more meaningful snaps this week. With him and Bulluck down, that means we’re down 2 LB this week. So what are we looking at? Chase starting since he’s healthy again? Or the debut of Mr. Sintim?

I love your optimism ed lol