{"id":30129,"date":"2025-05-07T04:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/30129\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T04:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:23:12","slug":"kayvon-thibodeauxs-advice-to-giants-rookie-abdul-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/30129\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayvon Thibodeaux’s advice to Giants rookie Abdul Carter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The spirit of generosity rubbed off on Kayvon Thibodeaux as he talked for the first time about the Giants drafting Abdul Carter into a suddenly crowded pass rush.<\/p>\n

In other words, the more the merrier.<\/p>\n

Thibodeaux expressed confidence Tuesday at the United Way\u2019s Gridiron Gala that the Giants will find ways to get him, Carter and Brian Burns on the field together even though only two of them technically will start in a 3-4 defensive alignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the outside linebacker position, where we\u2019re those \u2019tweeners,\u201d Thibodeaux told reporters. \u201cWhen you look at my skill set, Brian\u2019s probably better rushing inside than I am, but I can rush inside. Brian can rush inside. He can rush from depth. I can rush from depth. So can Abdul. So we\u2019ll see how they mix it up, but we\u2019ll definitely all be on the field at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Giants simultaneously drafted Carter with the No. 3 pick in the draft and exercised the fifth-year option on Thibodeaux\u2019s contract for 2026. <\/p>\n

That means that the trio will be together for at least two seasons under three of the Giants\u2019 nine biggest contracts.<\/p>\n

Carter\u2019s first two weeks in the NFL have been dominated by his jersey selection process, after he was respectfully rebuffed by Giants legends Lawrence Taylor<\/a> and Phil Simms<\/a> when inquiring about unretiring their No. 56 and No. 11, respectively.<\/p>\n

Thibodeaux\u2019s advice for handling the noise is simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say keep going, man. Let it be fuel to your fire,\u201d Thibodeaux told The Post. \u201cDon\u2019t get distracted by it. I think this is just the start. There\u2019s a lot of ups and downs in this league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone who expected Thibodeaux \u2014 the No. 5 pick in the 2022 draft \u2014 to feel threatened by Carter stealing away some of his playing time was wrong. <\/p>\n

Thibodeaux has logged 80 percent or more of the defensive snaps in 27 of his 43 career games.<\/p>\n

\"KayvonKayvon Thibodeaux spoke to The Post on Tuesday night. New York Post Sports\/X<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy about it,\u201d Thibodeaux said. \u201cI\u2019m inspired about it. I don\u2019t really care either way what they said or how they felt. But I\u2019m super excited to have him and I think he\u2019s going to dominate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Add in Dexter Lawrence and the Giants have three pass rushers who have had nine or more sacks in an NFL season, plus Carter coming off 12 (and a NCAA-best 23.5 tackles for loss) at Penn State last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs great as you want be,\u201d Thibodeaux responded when asked how great the defensive line could be. \u201cI think as long as we put our mind to it and we come together, and we\u2019re really cohesive in our rushing and our game plan, I think the sky\u2019s the limit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewAbdul Carter was taken by the Giants in the first round. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Thibodeaux and Jets quarterback Tyrod Taylor \u2014 a former Giant \u2014 were honored as Hometown Heroes by the United Way of New York City. Thibodeaux started the JREAM Foundation in his native Los Angeles to create educational, mentorship and career exploration opportunities for under-resourced youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The spirit of generosity rubbed off on Kayvon Thibodeaux as he talked for the first time about the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2067],"tags":[291,7,519,755,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-30129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-abdul-carter","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-kayvon-thibodeaux","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114464647595822134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}