Kayvon Thibodeaux was an obvious potential trade candidate when the NFL season began.

The Giants ‘ investment in fellow edge rushers Brian Burns and Abdul Carter, the team’s lowly 2025 prospects and Thibodeaux’s timeline as a fourth-year pro all pointed to the possibility of Joe Schoen swapping him out for assets by the middle of the season.

As Tuesday’s 4 p.m. league trade deadline approaches, however, trading Thibodeaux no longer feels like the obvious move.

The Giants’ pass rush is the only real strength of their team, even though Dexter Lawrence is having a down year and Carter is not getting home for sacks.

Schoen and Brian Daboll need to win some more games down the stretch. The Giants have never gotten better by getting rid of good players.

And Thibodeaux, 24, along with

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