Malik Nabers spent Sunday helping the Giants beat the Eagles, then spent the aftermath firing back at FOX.
New York’s receiver finished the 19-11 win with five catches, extending a stretch that had already seen him post four straight 100-yard games. That run came after a second knee surgery in May, but the FOX booth zeroed in on something else: his demeanor.
During the broadcast, Greg Olsen said, “There’s a fine line between being demanding and chasing greatness and then being a bad teammate,” while Joe Davis added, “His body language has been terrible today.”
Olsen revisited the subject later in the game after Nabers dropped a pass in the end zone in the fourth quarter. “You can’t act like that and drop that pass,” he said.
Nabers answered on Instagram with a blunt message aimed at the criticism. “Yall be trying create a narrative on me soo bad it’s actually crazy!!
If you dnt like the way I play the game keep the camera off me!! SIMPLE!”
he wrote. “Callin me a bad teammate when every team I’ve been on, there’s NOBODY I’ve played with has said dat bout me is crazy!”
The game itself also featured a FOX scorebug that drew attention. Philadelphia led 8-6 at halftime before Isaiah Likely’s 5-yard catch in the third quarter put New York ahead 12-8. The Giants’ kicker went 4-for-4 on field goals, and the win moved New York to 5-2-1.
Nabers and the Giants are back home Thursday against the Washington Commanders.
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