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Notebook: Defensive end Osi Umenyiora questions role, future with NY Giants
By Mike Garafolo/The Star-Ledger
December 27, 2009, 5:20PM
Noah K. Murray/ The Star-Ledger
Osi Umenyiora cut his interview short, saying "I’m about to say something that would get me really messed up, so I’m just going to leave now."
While clearly frustrated and disappointed, Osi Umenyiora tried to make it through a session with the media Sunday. He stood at his locker for a few minutes and answered a couple of questions before excusing himself.
“I’m about to say something that would get me really messed up,” the Giants’ defensive end said following the team’s embarrassing 41-9 defeat to the Panthers, “so I’m just going to leave now.”
Too late.
In response to the previous question — an inquiry about when this game got away from the Giants — Umenyiora vented his frustrations with playing only a handful of snaps and hinted his time with the team could soon be over.
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And this came after he was seen yelling at defensive line coach Mike Waufle on the sideline Sunday.
“What did I play, five snaps today?” said Umenyiora, who was demoted from a starter to a pass-rush specialist after the Thanksgiving loss to the Broncos. “I don’t know, I don’t know what happened. I thought I was the problem.
“It’s an unbelievable situation, man. Last game at Giants Stadium, probably as a Giant, just the way everything has unfolded has been unbelievable.”
Unless Umenyiora knows something about the team’s plans to deactivate him next week, Sunday was not his final game as a Giant.
But perhaps he meant it would be his final home game, which means he’s anticipating a trade, his release or a holdout on his part until he gets one of the first two. Umenyiora is signed through the 2012 season, so the Giants probably don’t plan on cutting him loose without any compensation.
Unless he forces their hand.
“I couldn’t really explain what I’m feeling right now. Disappointment is an understatement, in everything,” the two-time Pro Bowl selection said. “The way everything has played out this year has been absolute nonsense; very disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, whatever you want to call it. I feel all those emotions.”
By Mike Garafolo/The Star-Ledger
December 27, 2009, 5:20PM
Noah K. Murray/ The Star-Ledger
Osi Umenyiora cut his interview short, saying "I’m about to say something that would get me really messed up, so I’m just going to leave now."
While clearly frustrated and disappointed, Osi Umenyiora tried to make it through a session with the media Sunday. He stood at his locker for a few minutes and answered a couple of questions before excusing himself.
“I’m about to say something that would get me really messed up,” the Giants’ defensive end said following the team’s embarrassing 41-9 defeat to the Panthers, “so I’m just going to leave now.”
Too late.
In response to the previous question — an inquiry about when this game got away from the Giants — Umenyiora vented his frustrations with playing only a handful of snaps and hinted his time with the team could soon be over.
NY Giants last game at Giants Stadium: One to forget.
NY Giants' defense suffers historic struggles, continues falling short of expectations.
Mario Manningham's fumble set the tone in NY Giants' dismal performance.
And this came after he was seen yelling at defensive line coach Mike Waufle on the sideline Sunday.
“What did I play, five snaps today?” said Umenyiora, who was demoted from a starter to a pass-rush specialist after the Thanksgiving loss to the Broncos. “I don’t know, I don’t know what happened. I thought I was the problem.
“It’s an unbelievable situation, man. Last game at Giants Stadium, probably as a Giant, just the way everything has unfolded has been unbelievable.”
Unless Umenyiora knows something about the team’s plans to deactivate him next week, Sunday was not his final game as a Giant.
But perhaps he meant it would be his final home game, which means he’s anticipating a trade, his release or a holdout on his part until he gets one of the first two. Umenyiora is signed through the 2012 season, so the Giants probably don’t plan on cutting him loose without any compensation.
Unless he forces their hand.
“I couldn’t really explain what I’m feeling right now. Disappointment is an understatement, in everything,” the two-time Pro Bowl selection said. “The way everything has played out this year has been absolute nonsense; very disappointed, disheartened, discouraged, whatever you want to call it. I feel all those emotions.”
