The Giants‘ defense is getting a boost for Sunday’s Week 12 match against the Tampa Bay Buccanneers with Kayvon Thibodeaux‘s activation of injured reserve on Saturday.
Thibodeaux has been out since Week 5 when he suffered a broken scaphoid bone in his wrist against the Seattle Seahawks and had surgery to repair it. The third-year man has 2.0 sacks and 12 total tackles (eight solo) with three for loss and seven QB hits through five games this campaign. The former first-round pick was a full participant in practice on Thursday and Friday but had the questionable designation for Sunday’s 1 p.m. kickoff.
The Giants also made the release of quarterback Daniel Jones official and released outside linebacker Tomon Fox.
Fox played the last five games, tallying a sack and seven tackles (four solo) with one for loss and two QB hits.
New York also signed quarterback Tim Boyle to the active roster from the practice squad, meaning they will have three QBs on the 53-man roster, joining Tommy DeVito and Drew Lock.
Boyle has bounced around during his NFL career but never had much success when he was given the opportunity to play. His team is 0-5 in the games he has started and has thrown for just 1,087 yards on 129-for-209 (61. 7 percent) passing in 22 total games over six seasons. The undrafted man out of UConn has four touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
Boyle appeared in two games for the Miami Dolphins in place of injured backups Skylar Thompson and Tyler Huntley earlier this year, he played in three games for the Jets last season, starting two games.
