Giants move on from Malik Nabers injury scare: ‘No concern’

The Giants’ Malik Nabers injury scare appears to be just that — and nothing worse.

Brian Daboll said the rookie wideout, added to the injury report Thursday after experiencing knee soreness, will practice Friday and is expected to be available for Sunday’s game against the Commanders.

Nabers, the No. 6 overall pick in April, caught five passes for 66 yards during the Giants’ season-opening loss and has quickly emerged as Daniel Jones’ top target .

“No concern,” Daboll said. “He’ll be ready to play.”

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Daboll also said wideout Darius Slayton (concussion) was cleared to practice with contact Friday and is “trending in the right direction,” but he still has one more stage of the protocol to clear.

The more significant variable, though, revolved around Nabers.

He told the Giants that something didn’t feel right in his knee, so they looked at Nabers — he didn’t need any imaging, though — and gave him treatment again earlier Friday morning.

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It wouldn’t be the first time Nabers has shaken off an injury to play in the next game, either.

Perhaps the first glimpse of that materialized during the third game of the 2023 college season with LSU, when he injured his shoulder while getting tackled against Mississippi State. An ESPN sideline report described him as “writhing in pain.”

But Nabers returned and finished with career-bests in receptions (13) and yards (239) while adding a pair of touchdowns, and he didn’t miss a game the rest of the season.

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“Talking to the [LSU] trainers and the medical staff, this guy didn’t miss,” Giants general manager Joe Schoen said after the draft. “Whatever it is, he’s going to fight through it. He’s tough, doesn’t miss games, doesn’t miss practice. If he can play, he’s going to play. That’s the way this kid is wired.”

Then, in his debut camp after the Giants made him their first-round pick, Nabers hurt his ankle during a practice , missed two sessions but then somehow returned for their next preseason game against the Texans — when he caught four passes for 54 yards.

There was certainly a scare when a key part of the offensive nucleus limped off. The absences that followed only added to it.

And then he led all of the Giants’ wideouts in catches days later.

“He’s been out here everyday,” wide receivers coach Mike Groh said of Nabers’ durability. “He’s been able to do everything we’ve asked him to do. He’s handled a lot. He’s had a lot of reps, so he’s been able to handle everything we’ve asked him to do.”

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