Kayvon had a huge game

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  1. Prime time loves Kayvon. Days after Giants rookie first-rounder Kayvon Thibodeauxproclaimed “prime time likes me,” the dynamic edge loved prime time right back. Thibodeaux shined in the spotlight with the finest game of his rookie campaign and perhaps one of the best games any NFL defender has had this year. In a colossal game for Big Blue, the bodacious No. 5 overall pick turned the volume up to 11 with his play, setting a spectacular tone with a strip-sack and subsequent fumble return for a touchdown in the second quarter. Then in the fourth quarter, Thibodeaux quite literally stopped a Commanders comeback when he tackled a scrambling Taylor Heinicke at the 1-yard line. It was the last tackle of the game as a subsequent Commanders TD run by Brian Robinson was negated by a penalty and two incompletions followed. Twelve tackles, a sack, the TD, three tackles for loss, a QB hit, three run stuffs and two QB pressures. That’s what Thibodeaux did on Sunday night under the lights. He became just the second player (joining the Bills’ London Fletcher in 2006) since 2000 to record 10-plus tackles, three TFL and a fumble recovery for a TD in a game, according to NFL Research. Coming into Week 15, perhaps Thibodeaux’s rookie season was a bit on the quiet side. That changed in a very vociferous way on Sunday night.
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Interesting that Hutch had 3 sacks against these same Washington Commanders. Their tackles must blow.

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Cornelius Lucas is one of them. He was a PS/backup here

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He was, but actually, Lucas developed into a decent, mostly backup, emergency starter, type player. He’s started 32 out of 58 games since he first joined the Bears in 2019, then subsequently with the WCs.

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From FMIA’s Player of the Week

Thibodeaux, edge, N.Y. Giants. I so appreciate Thibodeaux making the biggest defensive play in a game the Giants needed to take a big step toward the playoffs—because of how he became a Giant. On the Saturday before the draft last April, Giants GM Joe Schoen had a long heart-to-heart with Thibodeaux to find out what was true and what was false about the effort questions that filled the scouting space pre-draft about Thibodeaux, the Oregon pass-rusher. Schoen took a leap of faith and put his rep on the line for this talented player. And so Sunday night in Washington, with the Commanders backed up inside their five-yard line, Thibodeaux bull-rushed over left tackle Charles Leno , barged toward quarterback Taylor Heinicke , strip-sacked the quarterback, recovered at the one- and scored the go-ahead points in the second quarter. The Giants never trailed after that. Huge game for Thibodeaux: 12 tackles, three tackles for loss, and the TD that keyed the victory. Assist to Schoen.