The Giants will be without one of their top pass rushers again on Monday night.
New York has officially ruled Kayvon Thibodeaux out for the primetime meeting with the first place New England Patriots due to a lingering shoulder injury.
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Thibodeaux appeared to be trending this way after missing practice all week.
The former first-round pick will now officially miss his third consecutive contest, and he’ll try to make his return following Big Blue’s Week 14 bye.
It’s unknown how much progress he’s made since suffering the injury in Week 10, but interim head coach Mike Kafka wasn’t ready to rule him out for the remainder of the year.
“It’s too soon to tell,” Kafka said. “I think he’s working his tail off to get back and get better and out doctors are taking care of him — he’s attacking, I see him in the building, getting after it in the rehab, so he is working his tail off.”
Thibodeaux was in the midst of another up-and-down campaign prior to the injury, recording 25 tackles (five for loss), nine QB hits, and 2.5 sacks through 10 games.
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