You know it’s bad when you and I have the same number of sacks and have the same pass-rush win rate as New York Giants pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux this season: Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Four games into his fifth year in the NFL, the former No. 5 overall pick has five tackles, four quarterback pressures, and one QB hit to go along with that goose egg in the sack column. His 0% pass-rush win rate is the worst in the league, and at this point, Thibs is practically gaslighting us into wondering whether all that pass-rushing potential ever existed in the first place. That’s especially frustrating with the Giants desperately needing someone to step up after losing Brian Burns for the season to a torn ACL.
And all of this makes a failed trade call back in April considerably more painful.
The New Orleans Saints reportedly offered Big Blue the 132nd pick in the 2026 Draft for Thibs, only for New York to scoff at the underwhelming offer while holding out for a second-rounder. Five months later, that fourth-round pick isn’t looking quite so insulting.
Giants probably wish they took Saints’ Kayvon Thibodeaux offer now
Schoen has remained stubborn about cutting ties with the former No. 5 overall pick -- the 47-year-old has notoriously held onto guys he has drafted for too long. New York was reportedly looking for a second in return for Thibodeaux during the offseason, which already felt ambitious at the time and looks spit-water-out-of-my-mouth laughable four games and zero sacks later.
Sometimes you have to know when to cut bait (myself included).
Even before considering KT’s rough 2.5-sack 2025 season, keeping him around with Burns and Carter felt like a luxury. The Giants already had their two pass rushers in place, leaving Thibs as an awkward third wheel coming off the worst season of his career. New Orleans gave Schoen an out, but he got greedy and overplayed his hand.
Being 25 years old and a former top-five pick can only buy a player so much time before you have to start cashing in on all that potential.
The Saints understandably passed and eventually sent a fifth-rounder to Las Vegas for edge rusher Tyree Wilson (who has one more sack than Thibs so far). NOLA instead kept the 132nd pick and used it on Auburn guard Jeremiah Wright, so sometime down the road, we’ll get to see what the G-Men theoretically missed out on.
Maybe Wright -- or whoever they would've taken -- amounts to nothing, but that’s not really the point.
Thibs is now months away from free agency, and whatever trade value he had in April certainly hasn’t improved after four games without a sack. Burns’ injury makes moving him a lot more complicated. New York’s already-thin pass rush can barely afford to lose another body.
The G-Men gambled that Thibs’ trade value was worth more than the fourth-rounder New Orleans put on the table. If he wants to spend the next 13 games making me regret every word of this, be my guest. Right now, though, No. 132 is looking a whole lot better than zero.
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