Giants' All-Pro DE Umenyiora out for season

**Purple Floyd** · 08-24-2008, 06:56 PM

Well, this isn't going to help them at all

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/26379680/

[size=10pt]An MRI on Sunday showed that Umenyiora tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee in a preseason game against the archrival Jets on Saturday night.[/size]

**V4L** · 08-24-2008, 07:07 PM

That really is horrible. The giants took two big hits this year losin mike and osi. Only positive in this for us is big Mac gets to take on a scrub and not get beat by osis speed

**gregair13** · 08-24-2008, 07:24 PM

superbowl hang over

**V4L** · 08-24-2008, 07:38 PM

Or a fluke injury

**singersp** · 08-25-2008, 05:57 AM

[size=13pt]Noted surgeon says Osi could return by October[/size]

BY TOM ROCK
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August 25, 2008

Osi Umenyiora can expect a four-month recovery period after tomorrow's surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. But according to one orthopedist, the Giants could have had him back on the field by October. What's more, he speculated they still might have that chance....