Osi Umenyiora has been receiving some much-overdue recognition, albeit in bittersweet fashion. He's one of the most beloved New York Giants of all time, despite an injury-riddled preventing him from being noticed as heavily across the NFL.
After notching 14.5 sacks and 71 tackles in his age-24 season, the expectation was that the 2003 second-rounder would emerge into one of the NFL’s best pass rushers. And with Michael Strahan across from him on the defensive line, it was wraps for the entire league.
That is, until the injury bug bit. It’s inevitable that injuries are a part of a game, but remain an aspect of the game that no fan takes pleasure in witnessing.