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Giants to Release DE Kiwanuka

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The New York Giants have informed defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka that he will be released, reports NFL Network's Kim Jones.

Kiwanuka, who was one of only three remaining holdovers from the Super Bowl XLII team (Eli Manning, Zak DeOssie), has long been considered a likely salary cap casualty this offseason. He was owed a base salary of $4.775 million, but with the cap holdover would have actually counted for $7.45 million against the cap. And having already "asked" him to take a pay cut a season ago — something he didn't respond well to — that was never a likely option.

http://www.giants101.com/2015/02/24/new-york-giants-release-de-mathias-kiwanuka-report/

 

 

Another DE to hit the market.  Could be a nice veteran option if we can get him for decent price.  That's a BIG IF though...

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His best years are behind him, but he could be a decent enough option, similar in the mold of Colin Cole/Dwan Edwards as an aging DL that can still be productive.

 

 

The Giants connection is present as well, so IF the price is right, could be an option. 

 

 

 

CJ, Ealy, Kiwanuka, Draft pick, Addison, Horton. Might even allow the team to use Addison as a special teams ace, which IIRC, DeHaven said he wanted. 

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The Giants connection is present as well, so IF the price is right, could be an option. 

 

I was pondering that.

 

When Rivera started coaching here, we wound up pulling a decent number of ex-Chargers along for the ride (at least temporarily).  But since Gettleman's been here, I can only remember two ex-Giants being brought in; Blackburn (who's still here for the moment) and Hixon (who's retired).

 

There was the whole Nicks thing, of course, but that didn't pan out.

 

Am I forgetting anyone?

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I was pondering that.

When Rivera started coaching here, we wound up pulling a decent number of ex-Chargers along for the ride (at least temporarily). But since Gettleman's been here, I can only remember two ex-Giants being brought in; Blackburn (who's still here for the moment) and Hixon (who's retired).

There was the whole Nicks thing, of course, but that didn't pan out.

Am I forgetting anyone?

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Not that Kiwa is the answer, but we can do better than Wes Horton at DE depth

 

Big Frank has been great when on the field. If he can pull it together then I think our depth at DE is actually okay. We really need Ealy to have a big year next year.

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