Kayvon Thibodeaux provided some bulletin-board material for the Giants-Eagles rematch.
“F— them Eagles,” a high-flying Thibodeaux said Thursday night during an appearance on “Speakeasy” after the Giants finished off a 34-17 win against the Eagles.
As hosts Emannuel Acho and former Eagles great LeSean McCoy started hollering, Thibodeaux appeared to realize too late that he was on live broadcast.
“Oh, my bad,” Thibodeaux said after collecting three tackles, including one for loss. “C’mon man. We came, we played hard. That’s a great team, but we needed that one.”
It used to be a common thing during Giants-Cowboys week for Giants great Justin Tuck to say “I hate the Cowboys.”
That attitude has faded as the Giants’ losing seasons piled up, rivalries dulled and coaches around the NFL encouraged a say-nothing-interesting culture in their locker rooms.
Well, the Eagles – whose roster includes Thibodeaux’s former teammates Saquon Barkley, Azeez Ojulari and Adoree Jackson – and perhaps more notably the Lincoln Financial Field crowd certainly will remember Thibodeaux’s message on the quick turnaround to the rematch Oct. 26 in Philadelphia.
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Giants coach Brian Daboll left the door open that the scrapped four-week cornerback rotation between Cor’Dale Flott and Deonte Banks could return in the future.
Perhaps that’s just a way of keeping Banks attentive because it sounds ludicrous after Flott played 54 of 57 snaps and made the game-changing interception.
“Still have confidence in Tae but really at the start of the week, that’s the plan that we did have,” Daboll said. “It could change next week based on what we’re doing or how we’re doing it.”
ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky pointed out that the Eagles might be tipping run-pass based on where Saquon Barkley lines up in the backfield.
Did the Giants know what play was coming? Barkley didn’t want to hear it after being held to 27 yards on his final 10 carries.
“Last year, do you think we were predictable?’’ Barkley, the former 2,000-yard rusher, said. “Everybody knew we were going to run the ball. We still got it off. I also think we’ve got to get back to that attitude, the mindset of not really giving a f–k what people are trying to do.’’
Austin Schlottmann, playing center for just the second time since joining the Giants in the 2024 offseason, delivered 32 snaps without incident after John Michael Schmitz suffered a concussion.
Daboll offered no injury updates Friday.
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