Malik Nabers is making the league pay attention again, and the latest proof came with a monthly honor that fits the way he’s been playing.
The Giants wideout was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October after posting 100-plus receiving yards in all four games he played during the month. After missing most of Year 2 because of an ACL tear, Nabers is back in the spotlight and looking every bit like the kind of receiver who can take over a game.
Across Weeks 4-7, the 23-year-old hauled in 36 catches for a league-leading 509 yards and two touchdowns. That total topped Ja’Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, and even reigning Offensive Player of the Year Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Whether he was working with Jameis Winston or J.J. McCarthy, Nabers kept producing.
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The production has been impossible to ignore. Nabers has given Giants fans plenty to watch already, but October pushed him into a different conversation. He’s beating defenders downfield, winning contested catches, and giving New York a true centerpiece in the passing game.
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The numbers also underline just how much he’s carrying. Nabers is doing this while the Giants don’t have much of a run game and are leaning on him as the obvious first read on a lot of passing plays. He’s already had a game with just one catch for one yard, and now he’s the one setting the pace for everyone else.
That’s what makes this stretch so striking. Nabers put up 100 catches and 1,200 yards as a rookie while catching passes from Daniel Jones and Drew Lock, and now he’s doing even more damage on a winning team. The sense is that the empty-stats label doesn’t fit anymore, and once he’s eligible this summer, he should be in line to break the bank on a new extension.
The Giants’ receiver room hasn’t offered much help around him, either. Darnell Mooney has been a dud, Malachi Fields is only a rookie, and Isaiah Likely is a tight end, which leaves Nabers to shoulder the load on the outside. That only adds to the value he brings as a safety valve for his quarterbacks.
And if this is what Nabers looks like while not fully healthy, the rest of the league has reason to be nervous. The former top-10 pick hasn’t come close to hitting his ceiling yet, and as he gets healthier, he’s only going to become more dangerous.
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