Yardbarker: Mathias Kiwanuka

What do the Giants do now? Ideas for salvaging the season

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:00:19 -0500

via graphics8.nytimes.com The Giants 2009 season resembles a sinking ship. Question is, can this vessel still be saved? View full size photo » OK, gang. We have spent the past few days commiserating about the problems our 6-5 New York Giants are having. The hated Dallas Cowboys come to East Rutherford this week, so it is time to turn the page and look forward. The Giants MUST (is there anything bigger than capital lette...

How the Giants' Biggest Strength Has Become Their Kryptonite

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:03:43 -0500

For the past few seasons, the New York Giants' bread and butter has been their offensive line and pass rush. Now, it appears that their bread has gone stale and the butter has been sitting in a busted refrigerator for over a year. Tom Coughlin came to the Giants with an agenda. He started coaching in a different generation but knew that the key to winning laid with the big men. A stellar pass rush coupled with a tone-setting offensive line could keep a team in any gam...

Bonus Giants notes: Boley, Pierce, Blackburn

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:44:52 -0500

Since it is almost Thanksgiving, and I am seemingly in a giving mood, here are a handful of leftover New York Giants notes for your Wednesday afternoon. Antonio Pierce is in Los Angeles to get a second opinion on the bulging disc in his neck. I can't imagine that is because he distrusts the Giants doctors. I don't blame him for seeking more information -- this type of injury could be one that threatens his career. Mathias Kiwanuka has a great, very comforting, quote recently a...

The Ups and The Downs

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:34:31 -0500

The ups Mathias Kiwanuka had a solid game with a sack and a couple of pressures. It should be noted that Kiwi played inside at tackle several times, something Justin Tuck did a lot in 07 and continues to do today. Terrel Thomas isn’t afraid to gamble in coverage and he was rewarded for his instincts with [...]

Kiwanuka says he wouldn't play for Limbaugh-owned team

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:30:44 -0500

The opinions continue to roll in regarding the possibility that radio host Rush Limbaugh will soon own the St. Louis Rams.Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka says that he'd never play for a Limbaugh-owned team."All I know is from the last...

Kiwi feels Tuck's pain

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:23:08 -0500

Mathias Kiwanuka hasn’t seen the film of Cowboys LT Flozell Adam’s illegal trip on Justin Tuck, but he has a good idea what Tuck is going through today. Kiwanuka, you may remember, was injured on an unnecessarily “dirty” play last year, too. Kiwanuka’s injury, to his lower left leg, came on the final series of the Giants’ 2008 season opening win over Washington when he beat Redskins LT Chris Samuels, only to have Samuels tackle him from behind. Tuck, of ...

Giants' Kiwanuka has chance to increase value

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:59:36 -0500

Mathias Kiwanuka can admit it now: When he kept hearing his name come up in trade rumors during the offseason, it got to him."To say that it didn't affect me would be a lie," Kiwanuka said in the Giants' locker room as he prepared for tonight's showdown against the Cowboys in Dallas . "It's part of the business, and I've seen it with other players in past years. When it was my turn to sit through it, I had no control over it."There were rumblings that ...

The Browns want WHAT?!?!?! for Edwards?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:43:37 -0500

Bahahahaha hahaha hahaha!!! … Bwahaha haha hahah haha Sorry. Just flipped on ESPN and Sal Paolantonio reported that the Cleveland Browns are willing to trade butter-fingered wideout Braylon Edwards to the New York Giants - in exchange for defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka AND a first-round draft choice. Yes, that’s correct - Cleveland wants a first-round pick AND a starting [...]

Kiwianuka for Edwards?

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:42:04 -0500

Let me preface this by saying it’s not a rumor I heard or anything, just a thought I have. I know that the New York Giants and everyone else loves Mathias Kiwanuka and I do too as well. He’s obviously versatile and has a good motor. He can get to the QB and is at [...]

Giants Unwilling To Trade DE Mathias Kiwanuka

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:13:36 -0500

Although rumors are beginning to circulate about the Giants being interested in trading for Browns WR Braylon Edwards, you can be almost certain that...

Giants Considering Trading For Braylon Edwards

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:49:27 -0500

Rumors of acquiring WR Braylon Edwards from the Cleveland Browns were met with "no comment" from all concerned, but some of the Giants, privately, thought that it might be a good idea. The sticking point would be the price, of course, since either a No. 1 pick or DE Mathias Kiwanuka have been mentioned as options. One of the front office types said that any trade involving Edwards "would not" involve personnel, merely draft choices.

More Browns Trade Rumors: Braylon Edwards to the Giants for Mathias Kiwanuka

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:43:48 -0500

The rumor mill keeps churning this offseason with respect to the Cleveland Browns. Another trade rumor making the rounds is that the Browns could be interested in dealing Braylon Edwards to the Giants for Mathias Kiwanuka.

Kiwanuka should be fine at linebacker

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:30:19 -0500

One of the more interesting things to watch unfold for the Giants this season will be to see how well Mathias Kiwanuka transitions from defensive end to linebacker. To me, there is no reason to believe the 6-foot-5, 265-pound second-year pro out of Boston College, won't be successful.

Giants moving 'Kiwi' to OLB

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:25:14 -0500

The biggest news the Giants made during Day 2 of the draft Sunday had nothing to do with who they selected. It was the announcement by GM Jerry Reese that Mathias Kiwanuka, drafted No. 1 a year ago as a defensive end, will be the starting strong-side, or SAM, linebacker this season.