Young O-LinemenWith three under his belt, rookie right tackle Justin Pugh has more starts than any of his fellow linemen who may be stepping up on Sunday against the Chiefs, who lead the NFL in sacks. Veterans David Baas and Chris Snee were ruled out of the Giants' Week 4 matchup, leaving openings at center and right guard, respectively. "We'll see" who will replace them, but Jim Cordle (0 starts, 28 games played), Brandon Mosley (0 starts, 1 game played), and James Brewer (1 start, 11 games played) are in line with David Diehl, who is listed as doubtful.

CB Aaron RossCorey Webster will miss his second straight game with a hip injury, which means Aaron Ross could get the nod again for the Giants. In his first start with the team since Super Bowl XLVI, Ross grabbed an interception last week against the Panthers and broke up three passes.

Veteran O-LinemenWill Beatty and Kevin Boothe are the only two healthy veterans on the offensive line for Week 4. They have been around long enough to know that giving up seven sacks last week and gaining just 133 yards on the ground through the first three games is unacceptable. They will try to buoy the young linemen around them."I can tell you that this game has humbled me," Beatty said of last week's loss to Carolina. "Sacks are something that you never want and you never want it to happen twice in a game. And it's not something that I make a habit of, it's not something that I want to make a habit of. So if I can't use this as fuel for next week, there's not much more out there."

S Antrel RolleRolle has three multi-interception games in his nine-year NFL career. One came last season against current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, who was playing for the San Francisco 49ers at the time. Rolle notched two of Smith's three interceptions that day, which are a rarity for the quarterback. Smith has not turned the ball over this season, nor has his entire team."They're doing a great job offensively as well as defensively," Rolle said this week. "We definitely have our (work) cut out for us. They're playing extremely well under Andy Reid. It seems like the offense has rallied behind Alex Smith, and they're doing an exceptional job."

DE Jason Pierre-PaulThe Giants hoped Mathias Kiwanuka's sack on the opening drive last week was a sign of things to come, but that notion ended there for the pass rush. The Giants have just three sacks in three games, tied for last in the NFL with winless Pittsburgh. While the Giants look to their leading pass rusher of the past three years in Jason Pierre-Paul, the unit must step up as a whole."I look at it as a whole," defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said. "I don't look at it just as Jason. I think we can do some things secondary-wise to help our pass rush. I think we can do some things linebacker-wise to help our pass rush. I think we can do some things down-and-distance-wise, to help our pass rush, being more successful in first and second down. I look at it as a whole. The whole group is really involved in that and it's not just one person or two people, or three people."