A Champ retires
Michael Strahan will not keep the Giants waiting for his arrival at training camp this year, he has decided to retire. This deprives Giant fans of the annual ritual of “Will he, Won’t he?” in terms of his arrival at camp, but it does provide the Giants an opportunity to plan for a future without him. Also, it allows the fans to celebrate the great career he had with the team.
He is coming off of a strong season in which he started 15 games and had 9 sacks and 141.5 in the regular season for his career. He is also the NFL record holder with 22.5 in 2001. Strahan wanted to let his teamates know before they began to report for mini-camp.
So how do you replace a great? Well it is never easy, but here are a few of the candidates:
Jason Tuck, 4th year pro who had 10 sacks last year while playing both end and tackle for the Giants.
Mathias Kiwanuka, a 2006 first round pick, who last year made the move from DE to strongside LB before getting hurt in Detroit on November 18. Will the coaching staff look to move him back to end?
They are a couple of the contenders to fill the big man’s shoes, but look for others to challenge for Strahan’s vacated position.