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Travon Walker contract sets starting point for Kayvon Thibodeaux deal

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Walker’s four-year, $110 million extension is likely the kind of payday Thibodeaux will look for — and get somewhere.

Travon Walker | Getty Images The four-year, $110 million extension Travon Walker is signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars should tell anyone interested why the New York Giants are going to have a difficult time keep Kayvon Thibodeaux beyond the 2026 season. The two fifth-year edge defenders are basically the same player, production-wise. In four seasons since the Jaguars made Walker the No.

1 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Walker has 27. 5 sacks in 63 games, or one sack every 2. 29 games.

Thibodeaux has 23. 5 sacks in 53 games, one sack every 2. 25 games.

Walker has 57 quarterback hits, . 90 per game; Thibodeaux has 55 QB hits, 1. 03 per game.