The New York Giants have two essential selections to make on the subject of their 2022 first-round draft picks, outdoors linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and offensive sort out Evan Neal.
Each gamers’ fifth-year choices are on the desk this offseason (the deadline is Might 1) and the Giants aren’t prone to prolong Neal, a seventh-overall decide who has been a disappointment, however will seemingly train Thibodeaux’s.
“The Giants are strongly leaning towards choosing up his fifth-year choice,” the New York Put up’s Paul Schwartz writes of Thibodeaux, the fifth total decide in 2022 out of Oregon.
That call have to be made by Might 1. In the event that they do decide it up, Thibodeaux is assured $16.1 million for the 2026 season.
Former Giants government Marc Ross, now an NFL Community studio analyst, additionally believes the Giants will decide up Thibodeaux’s choice.
Thibodeaux hasn’t fairly had the manufacturing Huge Blue envisioned, however accidents (he missed video games as a rookie and in 2024) have actually performed a component in that. His finest season undoubtedly occurred in 2023, when he logged 11.5 sacks, 4 passes defensed and three compelled fumbles. He’s actually performed sufficient for New York to train the fifth-year choice. I’d think about the group desires to maintain the dominant defensive position trio of Thibodeaux, Brian Burns and Dexter Lawrence intact.
Thibodeaux was Joe Schoen’s first draft decide as Giants normal supervisor. He has some credibility and accountability right here to think about. What does it say about his capability to guage expertise if he doesn’t decide up the choices on each of his prime 10 picks from 2022?
