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Glauber: Working hard important to Kiwanuka

Quick ReadMathias Kiwanuka's improved play this season ultimately led to the demotion of Osi Umenyiora.

New York Giants no. 94 Mathias Kiwanuka during

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | New York Giants no. 94 Mathias Kiwanuka during the second day of mini camp. (June 17, 2009)

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The words still hurt, even after all this time.

One by one, NFL scouts and coaches would ask Mathias Kiwanuka to explain why he'd take plays off in his senior season at Boston College. Kiwanuka winced every time he heard the suggestions he was dogging it.

"Four years later, I still think about that," he said. "I'd sit in the pre-draft meetings, and a lot of them said it looked like I...

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