Osi Umenyiora To Have Surgery

News just keeps getting better and better for the Giants...



Giants has announced that Umenyiora is undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee on Friday, and the recovery is expected to take three to four weeks.



Ohhhhh so that's why no one wanted to give up a first round pick. Sounds like he will most likely miss at least week 1 of the regular season. I guess in the grand scheme of things it isn't that big of a deal, but this team just can't seem to catch a break. Steve Smith is gone, they made basically no major pickups, Eli Manning is off his rocker doing angel dust and calling himself Tom Brady, and now your best pass rusher is not only pissed off at the entire franchise, but hurt as well.



Yuck.

Osi Umenyiora Ends Holdout

In an email to The Associated Press on Sunday evening, the two-time Pro Bowl defensive end (Osi Umenyiora) said he plans to practice on Monday at training camp, and that he will play this season under the terms of his current contract.



This is the first good news the Giants have had all offseason. After getting burned by Steve Smith, really getting no big offseason pickups, the Giants needed some good news. Umenyiora when healthy is one of the best DL in the league, the problem is I don't know how much I trust that he can stay on the field. That is why no one was willing to give up a first round pick for him. Still, the Giants have to be happy to have him back on their team, no matter how pissed off he is.

Umenyiora Could Need Knee Surgery

Wondering why no one is jumping on a deal for Giants DE Osi Umenyiora...

"The Giants informed reporters tonight Umenyiora has been sitting out because “he says he has a sore knee,” according to the team’s public relations staff. The key part there, of course, is the “he says” in that statement. Though the team says it has no reason to believe he isn’t in pain, it is clearly separating itself from the diagnosis.

A person familiar with Umenyiora’s status said he is dealing with a meniscus cartilage issue that, as The Wall Street Journal reported today, could require surgery. The person requested anonymity because the extent of the injury has not been made public (CBS Sports)."

Could be that he is just being a baby and this is his way of holding out of camp, but he has had a bunch injuries in the past and I think that's why teams are not jumping all over him. He is a hell of a player, but when a team is asking for a first round pick and he has these kind of concerns you're not going to see a lot of teams taking them up on that offer.