Malik Nabers suffered a hip flexor injury in practice on Thursday that puts his ability to play against the New Orleans Saints in question, per Jordan Schultz. At the end of Friday’s injury report, teams are required to give players injury designation. This will reveal more information to form expectations.
Injuries in the middle of the week can be difficult to project, because players don’t have the full week to recuperate. Nabers could end up being a game-time decision.
Nabers has transformed into the New York Giants’ go-to receiver as a rookie. Quarterbacks Drew Lock, Tommy Devito, and Daniel Jones have all looked for Nabers at the end of games. That’s a trait of your top receiver. Despite missing a pair of games, he is still the Giants leading receiver in yards, targets, and catches by a good margin.
If Nabers is unable to play on Sunday, attention will spin to veteran wideout Darius Slayton. In the two games Nabers missed, Slayton recorded his season-high of 122 receiving yards against the Seattle Seahawks.
