Giants' Umenyiora out for season

by NateMac on Aug 25, 2008 7:13 AM CDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- With the retirement of seven-time Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Strahan, the job of repeating as Super Bowl champions was going to be difficult for the New York Giants.

Now it might be near impossible with the news that fellow Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora is out for the season with a knee injury.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3551499

As bad as our injury bug has been lately...we haven't (you know the rest, I refuse to actually type it).

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Sux 2B Giants

NY will be hard pressed to match their championship pass rush.

Keep doing what you been doing, keep getting what you been getting.

by OskieOskie on Aug 25, 2008 8:45 AM CDT reply actions

Rumor has it Strahan is open to coming out of retirement

I knew he couldn’t stay away.

by mhuff13 on Aug 25, 2008 9:03 AM CDT reply actions

I just read that

I am little surprised to hear he is ready to come back, but that divorce wiped out his bank account..

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Aug 25, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions

They're saying they may offer him $8 million for 1 year, just heard that on NFLN

by mhuff13 on Aug 25, 2008 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions

rough game

there have been alot of season ending injuries this year, ( its only preseason) I hopn we dont have anything like that happen to us.

by bleedn blu on Aug 25, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply actions

DUDE!

not only is this not a fanpost but it is the second time posted!

FANSHOT

What the French?! Toast!

by thebigham on Aug 25, 2008 4:08 PM CDT reply actions

lol

bigham the fan post security guard…

"If you see me up in the mountains with a lion, I ain't lyin
don't help me, help the mountain lion"

by Wmillion on Aug 25, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions

but I agree

this is idea fanshot material

by scottmaui on Aug 25, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Fanpost, fanshot

Get over yourself big ham.

Keep doing what you been doing, keep getting what you been getting.

by OskieOskie on Aug 27, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions

they are there for a reason

people come here for cowboy material not whatever someone feels like putting up aka from another team or just a quote froma website most people probably already check

What the French?! Toast!

by thebigham on Aug 27, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions

that the Giants losing their best player isn’t very significant for the Cowboys? While it’s debatable how much other teams’ activities concern the Cowboys, I think major happenings to our division rivals are pretty important and worth discussing. There is virtually no discussion in the fanshots, and this is something people want to talk about.

That said, I don’t have a problem with you suggesting fanshots, I just think it’s a lost cause due to the way SB Nation has buried them from view.

by grapejoos on Aug 27, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah its pretty much a running joke with my friends

BUT something like this could easily be brought up in the comments and then discussed from there. yeah its a big deal to cowboy fans but then again you can play six degrees to ~~kevin bacon~~ Dallas Cowboys and anything is related. I HATE when a fanshot is posted as a fanpost and knocked off a valued fanpost. This could be a fanpost if he put some thought into and wrote up something. But all he did was quote something and thats it. It makes the site look junky and cluttered. Original thought and idea get pushed down. yadda yadda i think you get my point

What the French?! Toast!

by thebigham on Aug 27, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I hear you

It seems to me that old fanposts tend to be inactive so it doesn’t bother me as much (and the long-running ones get rec’d up). You can also customize your settings to show more fanposts if you so desire. I hear you on the six degrees thing but really this post is one degree away. I agree that the post itself should have more content, but the comments are where the real discussions happen (case in point).

Anyway, please don’t take my differing opinion personally. I use the fanshots and try not to make fanposts people won’t be interested in. I just think it’s a losing battle. If, say, McNabb goes out for the season, there is going to be a fanpost on it no matter how many times people say to make it a fanshot. Just my two cents.

by grapejoos on Aug 28, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL - "Dood" it's still pre-season...

and we’re on the same team, no full contact allowed…save the hittin’ for the haters that will post here during the season…but glad to see you’re on watch though

by NateMac on Aug 25, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply actions