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One of the biggest questions still looming over the New York Giants is when star wide receiver Malik Nabers will return to the field.
Nabers had an initial surgery to repair his torn ACL and a second to clean up the scar tissue, but some — including ESPN’s Adam Schefter — still have their doubts about whether or not Nabers will be ready for the start of the season.
“I just don’t like the way that any of this sounds,” Schefter stated on the “Pat McAfee Show” last week. “It’s a complicated procedure. They don’t know if he’ll be ready for opening day. It certainly sounds like — at the very least — opening night against the Dallas Cowboys at home is in jeopardy.
“And it almost feels like, at this point in time, that it would be more unlikely that he would play in that game than it is likely that he would play in that game.”
The talk of the Giants’ offseason has been how many games Nabers is expected to miss.
The consensus seems to be him playing Week 1 is out of the question, and well-known sports doctor Jesse Morse is convinced Nabers will miss more than just the first game of the year.
Malik Nabers #1 of the New York Giants reacts after being injured against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second quarter in the game at MetLife Stadium on September 28, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
“Giants HC Harbaugh admitted that they don’t know when Malik Nabers will be returning from his ‘complicated’ knee surgery,” Morse posted on X. “I’m expecting him to start on the PUP list and make his debut somewhere in the middle of the 2026 season.”
Losing Nabers for half of the season would be a big blow to a Giants offense that also lost 1,000-yard WR Wan’dale Robinson in free agency. With Dart heading into a crucial season for his development, not having his top weapon puts him at a significant disadvantage.
Nabers, who had a breakout 109-catch, 1,204-yard, seven-touchdown rookie season, played just four games last season before blowing out his knee. He was developing a strong rapport with rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart before the injury.
New head coach John Harbaugh also seemed to cast some doubt on Nabers being ready for Week 1.
“It’s such a hard thing — it’s an ACL, and whatever else he had in that knee,” Harbaugh stated. “Not a simple knee [injury], you know? So, um, he’s in the slog of it, the grind of it, I would say. So, he’s fighting through it, and he’s here every day working hard at it.
“Just impossible to predict [when he returns]. I mean, the goal is to start the season and get out there sometime in training camp. That’d be the goal, and we’ll see what happens.”
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Nabers had an initial surgery to repair his torn ACL and a second to clean up the scar tissue, but some — including ESPN’s Adam Schefter — still have their doubts about whether or not Nabers will be ready for the start of the season.
“I just don’t like the way that any of this sounds,” Schefter stated on the “Pat McAfee Show” last week. “It’s a complicated procedure. They don’t know if he’ll be ready for opening day. It certainly sounds like — at the very least — opening night against the Dallas Cowboys at home is in jeopardy.
“And it almost feels like, at this point in time, that it would be more unlikely that he would play in that game than it is likely that he would play in that game.”
The talk of the Giants’ offseason has been how many games Nabers is expected to miss.
The consensus seems to be him playing Week 1 is out of the question, and well-known sports doctor Jesse Morse is convinced Nabers will miss more than just the first game of the year.
Malik Nabers #1 of the New York Giants reacts after being injured against the Los Angeles Chargers during the second quarter in the game at MetLife Stadium on September 28, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
“Giants HC Harbaugh admitted that they don’t know when Malik Nabers will be returning from his ‘complicated’ knee surgery,” Morse posted on X. “I’m expecting him to start on the PUP list and make his debut somewhere in the middle of the 2026 season.”
Losing Nabers for half of the season would be a big blow to a Giants offense that also lost 1,000-yard WR Wan’dale Robinson in free agency. With Dart heading into a crucial season for his development, not having his top weapon puts him at a significant disadvantage.
Nabers, who had a breakout 109-catch, 1,204-yard, seven-touchdown rookie season, played just four games last season before blowing out his knee. He was developing a strong rapport with rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart before the injury.
New head coach John Harbaugh also seemed to cast some doubt on Nabers being ready for Week 1.
“It’s such a hard thing — it’s an ACL, and whatever else he had in that knee,” Harbaugh stated. “Not a simple knee [injury], you know? So, um, he’s in the slog of it, the grind of it, I would say. So, he’s fighting through it, and he’s here every day working hard at it.
“Just impossible to predict [when he returns]. I mean, the goal is to start the season and get out there sometime in training camp. That’d be the goal, and we’ll see what happens.”
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