The latest Malik Nabers camp update brings both encouragement and a small reminder that this comeback is still a process.
After the New York Giants handled him with real caution following his ACL tear late last September, Nabers finally cleared a major checkpoint in the team’s most recent training camp practice. For the first time since the injury on September 28, 2025, he went full-speed in 11-on-11 drills.
Jordan Raanan also reported that Nabers caught three passes in full-speed 7-on-7 work.
That matters for Giants fans because this kind of practice has been the whole point of the slow, measured approach. The team has clearly wanted to avoid rushing anything, and Monday’s session showed why.
Raanan added that Nabers did some route running on the sideline while working with trainers and said he "ran gingerly at times but seemed to complete scheduled workload."
That’s where the update gets its little yin and yang. On one hand, Nabers was back in full-speed team work, which is the biggest positive in this entire stretch. On the other, the sight of him moving gingerly naturally raises an eyebrow.
Still, that part of the picture lines up with what John Harbaugh recently said about where Nabers should be at this stage. Harbaugh had already indicated that this was the point of the rehab plan, and Nabers doing full-speed drills fits that timeline.
The “gingerly” detail also doesn’t sound out of the ordinary when you consider what Harbaugh said Nabers has already been doing. He has been running, planting and cutting, and stepping into full team periods after that can take some adjustment.
So while Nabers is clearly not all the way back to the version of himself Giants fans are used to seeing, the bigger takeaway is that he remains on track. He should still be in line to play in Week 1, even if expecting a full workload in snaps and targets may be a bit much.
For now, the likeliest explanation is simple: Nabers was sore after getting back into team drills. That would make the cautious movement understandable, not alarming.
As long as Harbaugh keeps talking about a Week 1 return in positive terms, there’s not much reason to panic over the bumps along the way. Nabers is moving forward, and updates like this appear to be part of the normal rhythm of the recovery.
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