Malik Nabers injury: Giants WR ruled out vs. Seahawks with concussion; how offense will operate without him

Wide receiver Malik Nabers has been the only redeeming quality in the New York Giants 2024 season to some, and now the team will be without its superstar receiver on Sunday at the Seattle Seahawks in Week 5, per head coach Brian Daboll.

He remains in concussion protocol after leaving the fourth quarter of the team’s 20-15 “Thursday Night Football” defeat against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4. Nabers, the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of LSU, caught 12 passes for 115 yards, tied for the most in a game by a receiver in franchise history. He leads the entire NFL in both catches (35) and targets (52). Nabers’ 35 catches are the second-most in a player’s first four games since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger 

Naturally, his absence leaves a big void: Nabers’ 38.2% team target rate is the highest in the NFL with decent separation between him and the second-closest player. That would be Detroit Lions All-Pro wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown who accounts for 31.1% of his team’s targets.

The logical new WR1 for quarterback Daniel Jones would be 2022 second-round pick Wan’Dale…

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Author : Garrett Podell

Publish date : 2024-10-04 17:45:43

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