New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll delivered unfortunate injury news on Wednesday, revealing that edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux had undergone wrist surgery and is considered “week to week.”
“I’m not going to give you a timeline or anything like that. I would just say he’s week to week,” he told reporters. “I’m encouraged with what I’ve heard. But again, you never know.”
Thibodeaux injured his wrist during a Week 5 game against the Seattle Seahawks but returned to the field and continued to play. However, postgame tests revealed that he had suffered a broken scaphoid bone.
During Wednesday’s surgery, doctors inserted a screw into Thibodeaux’s wrist. Given the nature of the injury, Dan Duggan of The Athletic reports that the 23-year-old could miss between four and six weeks.
Early word from a source on Kayvon Thibodeaux's expected timeline from surgery on the broken schapoid bone in his wrist: 4-to-6 weeks is typical with this injury. It's possibly he could be back in less time, but it'll depend on how he feels/recovers. Thibodeaux got a screw…
— Dan Duggan (@DDuggan21) October 9, 2024
That may be the glass-half-empty view on things as Miami-based doctor Jesse Morse, who specializes in sports medicine, believes Thibodeaux could return in as little as two weeks with a cast on.
Kayvon Thibodeaux suffered a fractured scaphoid bone in his wrist that required surgery to place a screw.
He can realistically return in 2 weeks with a cast on.
This is a common injury and these do really well. https://t.co/wyyMfZPr6B
— Jesse Morse, MD (@DrJesseMorse) October 9, 2024
At the moment, the only certainty is that Thibodeaux will not play on Sunday night against the Cincinnati Bengals and will also likely miss a Week 7 game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
