Kayvon Thibodeaux has no recriminations about the snow angel celebration he launched inches away from a fallen Nick Foles, the Colts quarterback the Giants rookie knocked out of the game last Sunday after a blind-side sack left the QB with an injury to his ribs.

“So what am I supposed to do now? Every time I sack a quarterback, stop and look and make sure and help him up?’’ Thibodeaux said Wednesday.

“You don’t play the game for anybody to get injured. But I play defense. They brought me here to be a savage and to take over the game and to impact the game. We preach impacting the game is affecting the quarterback, and that’s what I’m here to do.’’

 Thibodeaux certainly impacted the Giants’ 38-10 playoff-clinching victory, nailing Foles in the second quarter with a legal and vicious hit.  Thibodeaux immediately hit the dry turf, and on his back, waved his arms and legs, celebrating the sack with a snow angel at MetLife Stadium at the same time Foles was down.  

A day later, Colts interim head coach Jeff Saturday called Thibodeaux’s antics “tasteless from the celebration afterward, just trash. Not a fan of it at all.’’

Saturday also ripped his own offensive linemen for not supporting Foles by going after Thibodeaux, who after the game said he did not realize Foles was hurt at the time of the celebration.

Thibodeaux appeared puzzled when asked if he reached out to Foles — who will not play in the Colts’ last game this weekend — or Saturday to explain he meant no harm with his celebration. Thibodeaux said he did not.

“You don’t play the game to intentionally hurt anybody, but that’s the nature of the sport so you just keep it moving,’’ Thibodeaux said. “People can say anything about anything. I’m not really too worried about what people are saying. I know the intent of what — I play this game to be successful, and the only way I’m successful is if I take down quarterbacks. That’s what I get paid to do, that’s what I did, and celebrations are legal in football. I celebrated, and God-willing he continues to get better and continues to recover.’’

As for Saturday — a Pro Bowl center in his playing days — calling the celebration “trash” and “tasteless,’’ Thibodeaux couldn’t care less.

“I don’t know who he is, so I’m not really too concerned about people who comment on me and I don’t know ’em,’’ he said.

The optics of the moment — the rookie outside linebacker down on the ground flapping his arms and legs while the veteran quarterback was in distress — did not resonate with Thibodeaux.

“Who’s the gatekeeper of when to do something?’’ he said. “Once we figure out who the gatekeeper is then we can write the rules and then we can establish the narratives and things like that. Until you guys are actually in the sport and do it and be in that moment, you can’t create a narrative on it.’’

After Thibodeaux came off the field, he played to the crowd behind the Giants’ bench with a “night-night’’ gesture, mimicking what Steph Curry of the Warriors does — placing his hands to the side of his face after a big 3-pointer, as if he put the opposing team to sleep. Thibodeaux’s gesture came while Foles was being attended to by medical personnel on the field, with the Giants up 21-3.

“This is what people don’t understand,’’ Thibodeaux said. “I don’t look back to see who’s on the field. I never look back. Once you go straight to the sideline, we sent them home. At that point the game is over. Once you get the ball back and you knock ’em out again, as far as them as an offense and you end it, it’s over.’’