Kiwanuka hurt his left ankle on the play. X-rays were negative, but the ankle was still sore yesterday, and so was Kiwanuka.

Replays showed that Kiwanuka beat Samuels to the outside on a pass rush and started moving toward Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell in the waning seconds of the Giants' 16-7 victory.

Samuels quickly turned and made a low lunging tackle, wrapping his arms around Kiwanuka's legs. His upper torso pinned Kiwanuka's left ankle.

"Honestly, I thought it was a dirty play," Kiwanuka said. "There's no question about it. He was definitely beat and instead of recovering or giving up, I don't know how many options you had, but I just don't think there is any place for that in the NFL."

Samuels said he wasn't trying to hurt anyone.

"On that particular play I was just trying to protect my quarterback," Samuels said through a Redskins spokesman. "It was never my intention to go out there and injure another player."

Replays also showed Samuels wave his arms in a move that suggested that he was upset after the play. He stood over Kiwanuka as Giants trainers came on the field.

"Samuels, I spoke to him right after and he said it wasn't intentional and I will just leave that at that," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said.

Kiwanuka was upset, especially after missing the final six games of last season with a broken lower leg that also caused ligament damage to his ankle.

Kiwanuka also wasn't buying the idea that Samuels was trying to protect his quarterback.

Noteworthy

The lawsuit, filed earlier this week, claims the NFL Players Association has threatened to sue the company if it does not pay licensing fees for the statistics.

CBS Interactive seeks a ruling saying that the players cannot control use of the publicly available numbers and cannot demand that CBS pays for their use.

In a case involving a Missouri-based company's fantasy baseball games, Major League Baseball players argued they should be paid for the commercial use of their names. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis ruled against the players.

* An arrest warrant was issued for Mark Ingram, a star on the New York Giants' 1991 Super Bowl-winning team who failed for a third time to appear in federal court for sentencing on a money laundering and bank fraud conviction.

U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley said the warrant won't be enforced until Sept. 15, a day before Ingram's rescheduled court appearance. Ingram's attorney assured the judge his client would surrender to U.S. marshals at the Long Island courthouse on the eve of his next court date. He is expected to get 7 1/2 to 9 1/2 years in prison.

Ingram, 42, who also played for the Eagles, Dolphins and Packers, has spent time in jail for various crimes since his 1996 retirement from the NFL. He pleaded guilty in November 2005 to laundering money he believed to be proceeds from narcotics deals, as well as bank fraud for cashing counterfeit checks.

* Dallas Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman (groin) is listed as questionable for the season opener at Cleveland, a sign that Adam Jones might make his Dallas debut as a starter tomorrow. It would be the first NFL game for the controversial cornerback since the 2006 season.

* Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deion Branch was ruled out for tomorrow's opener at Buffalo. He is trying to get back 7 months after having major reconstructive surgery on his left knee.

* The Buffalo Bills said Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters will end his holdout and report to the team this morning.

* Jaguars receiver Jerry Porter was ruled out of tomorrow's season opener at Tennessee because of a hamstring injury.

* After signing his 3-year, $11 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens, offensive tackle Willie Anderson hopes to play in tomorrow's season opener against Cincinnati, the team that cut him.

* Packers running back Ryan Grant (hamstring) and defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (knee) missed practice as a precaution heading into Monday night's opener against Minnesota.

* Dick Enderle, an offensive lineman who played eight seasons in the NFL after starring at the University of Minnesota in the 1960s, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment. He was 60. Police did not suspect foul play. *