Pockets of New York Giants followers doubtless feared the worst once they discovered that second-year vast receiver Malik Nabers exited Tuesday’s training-camp observe with an obvious shoulder damage.
NFL Community insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo later reported that Nabers “seems to be OK.” On Tuesday afternoon, Ralph Vacchiano of Fox Sports activities revealed that “the Giants don’t seem too involved about” Nabers’ shoulder.
“The staff is off [Wednesday],” Vacchiano added concerning the Giants. “Subsequent probability to see if [Nabers will] observe is Thursday morning.”
Per Jared Schwartz of the New York Put up, Nabers appeared to select up the knock whereas blocking on a run play throughout staff drills. He then walked off the observe area with head coach Ronnie Barnes and didn’t return.
Regardless of Vacchiano’s replace, it is doubtless that head coach Brian Daboll will not rush Nabers again for a observe on the ultimate day of July until the 22-year-old’s shoulder feels one hundred pc at the moment. As Ryan Novozinsky of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com famous, the Giants lack top-tier targets within the passing assault exterior of Nabers. Moreover, Nabers is attempting to manage a lingering toe problem which will finally have to be repaired through surgical procedure.
In keeping with ESPN stats, Nabers ended his rookie season ranked fifth within the NFL with 109 receptions and seventh with 1,204 receiving yards. The sixth general choose of final 12 months’s draft, who missed a pair of video games because of a concussion, additionally tallied seven landing catches over 15 contests.
Regardless of such manufacturing from Nabers, the Giants completed this previous season ranked 30th within the league with a mean of 294.8 offensive yards per recreation and thirty first with a mean of 16.1 factors scored per contest. As a lot as Daboll and Co. imagine that new beginning quarterback Russell Wilson might be an improve over what Daniel Jones supplied the 2024 Giants, Wilson could solely be capable to get a lot out of an offense that is with out Nabers for any significant video games later this 12 months.
For now, the Giants will hope that some relaxation and restoration can have Nabers nearly as good as new in some unspecified time in the future earlier than Massive Blue dives into preparations for its preseason opener on the Buffalo Payments on Aug. 9.
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