EAST RUTHERFORD — Two starting offensive linemen in Chris Snee and David Baas have been ruled out for Sunday and starting cornerback Corey Webster will miss his second straight game as the Giants limp into Arrowhead Stadium desperately seeking a turnaround, not to mention a much-needed victory.

Snee (hip) and Baas (neck) have not practiced all week following the Giants’ 38-0 blanking by the Panthers in Charlotte. Tom Coughlin indicated the Giants have not settled on how they will replace Snee and Baas in the lineup – at least he did not reveal the plan to the media after practice Friday – although it is likely Jim Cordle will get his first NFL start at center and James Brewer will step in for Snee at RG.

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CB Corey Webster (hip) sat out another practice Thursday and could miss a second consecutive game.

Tom Coughlin had expected the cornerback to practice. If the nine-year veteran cannot play Sunday, Aaron Ross again will fill in.

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After allowing an NFL-high 115 points in three games, the Giants face a Kansas City offense led by QB Alex Smith that has not committed a single turnover.

But defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said he has seen All-Pro DE Jason Pierre-Paul “starting to get into his groove a little bit” since off-season back surgery.

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The 0-3 Giants are one day closer to traveling to 3-0 Kansas City. And they are still missing at least three very important pieces from the practice field.

RG Chris Snee (hip) and C David Baas (neck) again did not practice, a concern for an already-beleaguered offensive line.  They were not seen at all with the team. One or both could miss Sunday’s must-win game.

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EAST RUTHERFORD — Things have already gotten started today with the Giants, even before Tom Coughlin addresses the media this morning at 11 and the 0-3 team hits the practice field to begin preparing for undefeated Kansas City.

Former Jets fullback John Conner has been signed to replace Henry Hynoski, who has been placed on season-ending injured reserve after he fractured his left shoulder in Sunday’s loss at Carolina. Also, 10 players are listed on the team’s pre-practice injury report, including CB Terrell Thomas with a knee issue. We’re not sure if it is related to his thrice surgically-repaired right knee or the severity of the injury that landed Thomas on the report, but hopefully Coughlin will shed some light in his news conference.

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EAST RUTHERFORD — Carl Banks hit hard as a linebacker, as fierce as any to wear the Giants uniform.
The former Super Bowl champion turned radio analyst hit his former team even harder Monday morning in his regular interview on WFAN 101.9 FM.
Banks accused the Giants of showing “a lack of pride” in Sunday’s 38-0 loss to the Carolina that dropped their record to 0-3 for the first time since 1996. It was the most lopsided loss of the Tom Coughlin era with Big Blue, and Banks believes he saw a team without the willingness to find back when things went sour in Charlotte, N.C.

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Corey Webster has been downgraded to OUT for Sunday’s game against the Panthers.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Corey Webster did not make the trip this afternoon and has been downgraded to out for Sunday’s game against the Panthers with a hip flexor.

Aaron Ross is expected to start in Webster’s cornerback spot opposite Prince Amukamara for the Giants, who will try to avoid falling to 0-3 for the first time since 1996 when they take on Cam Newton and the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium.

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EAST RUTHERFORD — Hakeem Nicks was an unexpected absentee during the media access portion of practice Friday, the last one for the Giants in preparation for a trip to Carolina.

As it turns out, Nicks was excused by the team for personal reasons and there is no anticipated change in his status for Sunday.

He had dislocated the middle finger on his left hand in Sunday’s loss to Denver, but practiced all week in anticipation of his homecoming to Charlotte for the first time since his final college game at North Carolina.

Nicks missed last year’s game at Carolina and it would seem highly unlikely that he’d miss Sunday.

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In an interview with the team’s web site, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin spoke about the “emotional tug of war” he has been experiencing following the unexpected death of his younger brother John Monday night.

Coughlin has declined public comment to reporters since news of John Coughlin’s passing at the age of 63, opting instead to release a statement on behalf of his family through the team.

John Coughlin, 63, reportedly died after sustaining a head injury when he tripped exiting a taxi cab outside his Hackensack home. He had been in attendance at Sunday’s Giants game at MetLife Stadium against the Broncos.

“It’s an emotional tug of war is probably the best way to say it,” Tom Coughlin told Giants.com. “You drift back and forth between your family and your brother and even my wife [Judy] was very close to John and is close to all my sisters. So you’re not there for anybody, to be honest with you. But that’s understood, they all understand that. Monday was a day in which the initial shock for me was at about five in the morning, going over to the hospital and seeing John and then listening to the doctors and their options and then going back in the afternoon and having my sisters there. We all were in there together. Then the doctors came by, the neurosurgeons, and they went further with the explanation and then we went back Monday night to say goodbye. It was that, and then you’re trying to get as much information as you can about the next opponent and you’re trying to go ahead and take care of things that you do. My parents are gone, I’m the oldest, so you understand where the responsibility goes. So I do that and do the best I can here with the guys. Fortunately, I have a veteran staff that’s been with me for a long time and they were told very early in the week what was going on and they’ve gone ahead and forged out and done the best they can with it.”

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CB Corey Webster did not practice Thursday with a hip injury, unexpectedly appearing on the practice report.

But a WFAN report claimed the injury was not serious. Webster, 31, practiced Wednesday and started both games this season.

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