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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Mathias Kiwanuka is going back to being a defensive end for the New York Giants -- and as a starter. Kiwanuka was thrust into the role earlier this week when Jason Pierre-Paul had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his lower back. "Theres no doubt in my mind," Kiwanuka said, when asked whether he was confident he would be able to step in for the Giants most dominant player on defence. "Thats the position I came into this league playing and Im looking forward to the opportunity. Obviously wed love to have him back and Im sure hell be back ready to go at a certain point. "Were not gonna rush him back for any reason." The Giants dont expect Pierre-Paul back until late in training camp. Coach Tom Coughlin hopes to have him for Week 1, although that might be pushing it. Until JPP is ready, though, Kiwanuka isnt a bad option. Starting isnt anything new for him. The question for the former Boston College star and 2006 first-round pick has always been where he would play. He has 62 career starts -- 31 as a defensive end and 31 as a linebacker. There is no doubt Kiwanuka is a better defensive end, but the Giants have had a plethora of ends with Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck and Pierre-Paul through the years. As a result, Kiwanuka took one for the team and used his versatility to play linebacker, so the team would have its best players on the field. When Umenyiora signed with Atlanta as a free agent in the off-season, defensive co-ordinator Perry Fewell and Coughlin decided to move the 30-year-old Kiwanuka back to end on a full-time basis. Fellow starting defensive end Justin Tuck knows Kiwanuka is looking forward to having his hand back in the dirt. "I think hes going to be kind of like a sleeper at the beginning of the year because a lot of people tend to forget that hes a pretty good defensive end," Tuck said. "Im obviously excited to have him back in that room and I know hes pretty excited about it." Defensive line coach Robert Nunn said that while the loss of Umenyiora was part of the reason for switching Kiwanuka, he also said the constant switching from linebacker to end frequently left "Kiwi" a little uncomfortable on the field. He finished last season with just 37 tackles, three sacks, nine quarterback hits and eight hurries. "Its been a long road for me. Ive been starting at multiple positions," said Kiwanuka, who missed most of the 2010 season with a neck injury. "Ive been up and down and back and forth. Moving around and changing . thats not the big deal to me. The big deal for me is going out there and making sure that I do my job correctly and when I get the opportunity, I make the best of it." With Kiwanuka in the starting lineup, the Giants are going to need some of their younger linemen to step up. Third-year pro Adrian Tracy has improved and the Giants are very high on Damontre Moore, the third-round draft pick out of Texas A&M. "We have plenty of talented guys. Lets step up and go," Coughlin said. "There are more opportunities for younger guys. We need them. There it is, you can see it. Competition is looking right at you. You dont even have to go any further than the first game. So that is the way I would look at it -- opportunity." There has to be some concern about Pierre-Paul, who wasnt as dominant as he had been in 2011 when he had 16 1/2 sacks. Opponents double-and-triple teamed him more and it cut his sack total to 6 1/2. The 24-year-old also had 87 tackles, an interception, seven passes defended, a forced fumble, 17 quarterback hits, 23 hurries and 14 tackles for losses in his so-called off season. Safety Antrel Rolle said teammates knew Pierre-Paul was playing hurt. He also wasnt surprised by the surgery, which was done after non-surgical therapy failed. 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Although NASCAR drivers are independent contractors, much like golf and tennis players, individual gear has long been a part of their sport as merchandise trailers have now been aggregated into a huge tent of driver-dominated merchandise by retailer Fanatics.For too long, the major golf tournaments offered gear only with the logo of the tournament itself but with no mention of the players the fans followed.That started changing around a decade ago, when Nike started announcing Tiger Woods scripting of his outfits, and fans bought what he wore on the day they saw him. See: Sunday red.The business turned on a single day when Tiger wore a mock turtleneck at the Buick Invitational in 2003.We sold tens of thousands of those shirts immediately, said Peter Kent, the PGA Tours senior vice president of revenue who was working for Nike at the time.Today, Kent said that because of what Tiger has done to the business, on-site merchandising, while nothing like the other sports, is more athlete-centric in golf than ever before.Kent manages the merchandise team at 15 PGA Tour events and says the focus is on the athlete and what Nike, Under Armour, Adidas and Puma can bring to the table.At this weeks PGA Championship, whats the first thing a fan sees when walking into the merchandise tent? The Nike outfits has of Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka. A few steps away is an Under Armour wall of Jordan Spieth shirts. Some of thee racks show a key of what hell wear each day at Baltusrol.ddddddddddddeople now expect us to have what the top players are wearing, said Mike Quirk, senior director of licensing and merchandise for the PGA of America. In fact, many of them know when they come here what the guys are wearing because they had seen it on social media.The player shirts that Nike and Under Armour make available also have the PGA Championship logo on the side, a nice touch for the fan to show he or she was at the event as well.Quirk acknowledges that the golf merchandise world is five years behind the others, but also mentions the risk of doing too much with the players.If Jordan Spieth wins here, we sell it out, Quirk said. If he doesnt make the cut, we have his weekend shirts that he didnt wear.The most gear of any player in the PGA Merchandise tent was of McIlroy and Woods. Woods wasnt playing and McIlroy was flirting with the cut line on the back nine late Friday afternoon.Unlike player jerseys in team sports or the firesuits of NASCAR drivers, outfits worn at a golf major arent recycled, while athlete designs in non-golf sports can move on to the next stop or go to a home market. That protection obviously doesnt exist in the golf world.That means those involved in the business of golf have to rely on the apparel companies that sign the best in the world to continue to personalize and innovate at retail. The opportunity for golf fans when they put on a jersey, particularly young ones, is to associate with their favorite golfer in the way they associate with their favorite player in another sport.I think the system that is in place now is a good one, Kent said. 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