November 17, 2008 Neither Lawrence Tynes nor John Carney will be named the permanent kicker for the New York Giants, as the team will make a decision on who will kick for them on a game-by-game basis, the New York Daily News reports. "Im not going to say its one way or the other. Its a week to week or game to game decision," said Giants coach Tom Coughlin.
November 16, 2008 Kicker Lawrence Tynes is active and will start over John Carney for the Week 11 game against the Ravens. They prefer Tynes's stronger leg over Carney due to the windy conditions.
November 2, 2008 K Lawrence Tynes, CB R.W. McQuarters, RB Danny Ware, CB Kevin Dockery, LB Gerris Wilkinson, OL Adam Koets, WR Mario Manningham, and DE Jerome McDougle are all inactive for Week 9.
October 17, 2008 The Journal News reports that the Giants will announce their kicker, either Lawrence Tynes or John Carney, on Sunday.
October 15, 2008 There is news circulating that Lawrence Tynes could unseat John Carney as the Giants' placekicker, according to the Star-Ledger. Tynes missed the first five games while recovering from a knee injury suffered in training camp.
