Overview
- Giants coach John Harbaugh and team sources signaled on Wednesday that the club is not rushing to trade Thibodeaux and expects to keep its top players this season.
- New York exercised Thibodeaux’s fifth-year option for 2026, locking in a $14.75 million base salary and reducing immediate pressure to move him.
- League analysts floated offers involving third- to fifth-round picks but beat reporters and team insiders said those returns fall well short of the Giants’ second-round asking price.
- The Giants added rookie Arvell Reese and retain Abdul Carter and Brian Burns on the edge, which provides depth but does not change the team’s view that trading Thibodeaux would hurt short-term competitiveness.
- If Thibodeaux stays through 2026 the club could use a 2027 franchise tag or revisit trade talks at the season deadline, a path that preserves one more year of control and potential draft compensation.