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"Tynes injured the left ankle on a kickoff during special teams drills. He walked off the field under his own power and was later sent to the locker room.“We have to watch and see how he does,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “He did this in the summer one time, and he was able to come back after a couple of days.”The Giants (3-2) don’t have a couple of days. They face the Lions (1-4) on Sunday, and the Giants might need to bring in a kicker before Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. If for no other reason, they might need one on standby if Tynes cannot kick during the walkthrough.Tynes, who is 5-of-8 in field goals and is perfect on 13 extra-point tries, is listed as questionable.His most likely replacement, if it came to that, would be former Saints kicker John Carney, whom New Orleans released on Oct. 12. Carney played for the Giants in 2008 while Tynes recuperated from a knee injury. He kicked so well in Tynes’ absence that Tynes never regained his job.Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons kicker Jason Elam, former Cincinnati Bengal Shayne Graham, and former Washington Redskin and Dallas Cowboy Scott Suisham are other kickers looking for jobs.The Giants also could use rookie punter Matt Dodge on kickoffs, considering his experience there at East Carolina. But it is unlikely they would trust the punter with field-goal duties.“Dodge has done that. He’s kicked off,” Coughlin said. “We have some flexibility there.”Dodge kicked off 137 times during his three-year college career but had just 10 touchbacks."