BT and Sal have not hid their criticisms of Kayvon Thibodeaux, and Carl Banks pushed back, hard, on their assessment of the former top-five draft pick.
“This unhealthy obsession for finding what is wrong with Kayvon Thibodeaux is bordering weird,” Banks said. “You talk about you don’t like a guy’s body? The guy just had a game that would put him in the running for Defensive Player of the Week. He had seven or eight pressures. Go look at Khalil Mack and see if he even had five pressures…you don’t have to like him. You don’t even have to like his body. But tell me you watched the game before you say he just stands there and you don’t like his body. He had a monster game. What are we talking about?
“Start to look at the things he does well, because he does more things well than the things you don’t like about him.”
BT and Sal both stood by what they see on the field, which is that Thibodeaux doesn’t seem to have the game-changing ability that a team would want from a top draft pick.
“I didn’t play, but I see a player who is getting a little better, who has a good sack total, but I just see a quarterback who jumps on the quarterback at the end and gets a sack,” BT said. “I don’t see many great moves. I see a guy falling on the quarterback who is already on the ground.”
“What does he do well?” Sal added. “Does he have great speed? Because I’m not seeing that game-breaking speed on the edge. Is he great in coverage? Is he a big, physical presence? I saw him drop an easy pick six. Tell me what he does well.”
There were times where Carl couldn’t help but laugh, insisting that both BT and Sal were way off the mark with their critiques of Thibodeaux.
“We’re really going into coo coo land, man,” Banks said. “Fans deserve a little bit better than inflammatory stuff.”