The clash between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers on Sunday is set to feature one extremely motivated kicker. Veteran Graham Gano, who is now playing for the Giants, badly wants to get one over his former team, and it isn’t just because they released him in 2020.

During a recent chat with The Athletic, Gano revealed that the Panthers misdiagnosed his leg injury back in 2018 and that he missed the following season because of this. The 34-year-old also hinted that he believes the wrong diagnosis also put his career in danger.

“I was told initially it was tendinitis and a bone bruise, and it was actually a lot more than that, which we knew for a while,” Gano said. “I was treating it, and I came back and had the same injury, actually worse than before.”

According to Gano, he was actually dealing with a broken femur, which caused him to miss the final four weeks of the 2018 season. He then reinjured it during training camp and had to have a season-ending procedure despite being cleared to play by the Panthers’ medical staff.

“They were telling me it was still fine,” he added. “Obviously, it was not. So I had the surgery, and it went from them telling me there was nothing wrong with my leg to I need a major surgery.”

Gano never kicked again for Carolina as the franchise released him ahead of the 2020 NFL season. He ended up signing with the Giants shortly after and has been serving as the team’s starting kicker ever since.

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The New York Giants are going to have a competition for the starting kicker this offseason. According to multiple reports, the team plans to sign Pro Bowl placekicker Graham Gano to a contract at some point this week.

Gano, who was released by Carolina Panthers a couple of weeks ago, is expected to be officially presented by the Giants at some point this week. The two sides agreed to terms, and now they only wait for the 33-year-old veteran to undergo physical.

Retired placekicker Lawrence Tynes, who previously kicked for the Giants and is from Scotland like Gano, first reported the news.

Giants moved on from another Pro Bowl kicker earlier in the offseason, firing Aldrick Rosas due to his problematic off-the-field behavior. The franchise brought in veteran Chandler Catanzaro afterward, but are obviously not convinced he’s the right man for the job.

Graham Gano was a consistent performer for the major part of his career, which included stops with Panthers and Washington. He has a career conversion percentage of 82.1 on field goals while he also made 95.3 percent of extra points.

Gano, who has a Pro Bowl appearance from 2017, hasn’t kicked last year due to left leg injury. However, he is reportedly fully healthy now and ready to get back to action.

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The clash between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers on Sunday is set to feature one extremely motivated kicker. Veteran Graham Gano, who is now playing for the Giants, badly wants to get one over his former team, and it isn’t just because they released him in 2020.

During a recent chat with The Athletic, Gano revealed that the Panthers misdiagnosed his leg injury back in 2018 and that he missed the following season because of this. The 34-year-old also hinted that he believes the wrong diagnosis also put his career in danger.

“I was told initially it was tendinitis and a bone bruise, and it was actually a lot more than that, which we knew for a while,” Gano said. “I was treating it, and I came back and had the same injury, actually worse than before.”

According to Gano, he was actually dealing with a broken femur, which caused him to miss the final four weeks of the 2018 season. He then reinjured it during training camp and had to have a season-ending procedure despite being cleared to play by the Panthers’ medical staff.

“They were telling me it was still fine,” he added. “Obviously, it was not. So I had the surgery, and it went from them telling me there was nothing wrong with my leg to I need a major surgery.”

Gano never kicked again for Carolina as the franchise released him ahead of the 2020 NFL season. He ended up signing with the Giants shortly after and has been serving as the team’s starting kicker ever since.

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The New York Giants are going to have a competition for the starting kicker this offseason. According to multiple reports, the team plans to sign Pro Bowl placekicker Graham Gano to a contract at some point this week.

Gano, who was released by Carolina Panthers a couple of weeks ago, is expected to be officially presented by the Giants at some point this week. The two sides agreed to terms, and now they only wait for the 33-year-old veteran to undergo physical.

Retired placekicker Lawrence Tynes, who previously kicked for the Giants and is from Scotland like Gano, first reported the news.

Giants moved on from another Pro Bowl kicker earlier in the offseason, firing Aldrick Rosas due to his problematic off-the-field behavior. The franchise brought in veteran Chandler Catanzaro afterward, but are obviously not convinced he’s the right man for the job.

Graham Gano was a consistent performer for the major part of his career, which included stops with Panthers and Washington. He has a career conversion percentage of 82.1 on field goals while he also made 95.3 percent of extra points.

Gano, who has a Pro Bowl appearance from 2017, hasn’t kicked last year due to left leg injury. However, he is reportedly fully healthy now and ready to get back to action.

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