The Giants made a late-week roster move on Saturday, and it immediately pushed Malik Nabers back into the spotlight ahead of Sunday night’s opener against the Dallas Cowboys.
According to Art Stapleton of NorthJersey.com, New York signed wide receiver and special teams player Dalen Cambre from the practice squad to the 53-man roster. Stapleton wrote, “Giants are signing WR/ST Dalen Cambre to the 53-man roster, per sources. Sense I get is that they’re still going through combos of what game day roster will look like with actives/inactives and Malik Nabers’ status,”
The addition gives Cambre a pay bump and leaves the Giants with another option as they sort through the final game-day decisions. He has already put together a solid summer, catching seven passes for 79 yards across three preseason games. New York waived him during final cuts, then brought him back to the practice squad, and now he has a fresh chance to stick.
But the bigger question is what this means for Nabers.
SNY’s Connor Hughes connected the move to the receiver’s status, posting, “Activating another WR I don’t think bodes well for Malik Nabers. But we’ll see,”
That said, Nabers is not carrying a designation on the Giants’ official injury report, and he practiced fully for two straight days. That’s enough to keep optimism alive.
Still, Nabers has made it clear he isn’t going to gamble with his long-term future for one game. When reporters asked about his status Thursday, he pointed to comments from head coach John Harbaugh and said, “What Harbs said.”
He then laid out his thinking plainly: “I’ve been wanting to play for so long now. At the end of the day, I can’t put my career at risk.
I got to take that into account. There’s a lot of football that I still have left to play,” Nabers said.
For now, the Giants seem to be keeping their options open. They may simply want one more receiver available while they decide who dresses.
They could also be trying to keep Dallas guessing. Either way, the Cambre move only adds another layer of uncertainty around Nabers, and the final answer won’t come until New York announces its lineup Sunday night.
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