Malik Nabers didn’t wait long to push back after Sunday’s broadcast criticism.
The Giants receiver was already visibly irritated during New York’s 19-11 win, a game in which he finished with five catches for 43 yards and dropped a ball in the end zone. FOX Sports’ Joe Davis called attention to Nabers’ body language on the telecast, and Greg Olsen followed with pointed remarks about the fourth-quarter fade ball Nabers couldn’t haul in.
“Listen, you want to demand the ball, you can’t throw that ball any better,” Olsen admitted. “That’s a touchdown.
You’re a premier player in this league. You’ve got an opportunity there, you’ve got to catch it.”
After the game, Nabers addressed some of what was bothering him in the Giants’ low-scoring win. Later that night, though, he made it clear he felt Olsen had gone too far with the way he was described on the broadcast.
“Y’all be trying create a narrative on me soo bad it’s actually crazy!!” Nabers wrote on Instagram (via Ari Meirov).
“If you [don’t] like the way I play the game keep the camera off me!! SIMPLE!”
He kept going from there, taking issue with the idea that he was being painted as a bad teammate.
“But @gregolsen88 callin me a bad teammate when every team I’ve been on, there’s NOBODY I’ve played with had said dat bout me is crazy! My face the same way if I’m havin a good game, bad, winning or losing.
If it’s a problem 1. Keep the camera off me.
- Pray bout it!
Simple.”
Olsen then responded Monday morning, saying he never labeled Nabers a bad teammate and posting a clip of his comments from the game.
“Hopefully @nypost and @USATODAY adjust their stories,” Olsen said.
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