Team news: New York Giants

Nabers practiced fully Thursday but declined to confirm that he will play Sunday night against Dallas. The receiver said the Giants are leaving the decision to him and emphasized that he will not jeopardize his career if his surgically repaired knee does not feel ready.

Related Players: Isaiah Likely, Malachi Fields, Darnell Mooney, Odell Beckham, Theo Johnson

Nabers’ upside makes him difficult to bench if active, but the Sunday-night kickoff creates quite the contingency problem. Likely is the safest alternative beneficiary across positions, while Fields and Mooney would receive the clearest wide receiver boosts if Nabers sits. Even if Nabers plays, the possibility of a self-imposed pitch count adds volatility to his WR2 projection.

Wide receiver Malik Nabers was on the field with teammates from the beginning of practice and moving well as the New York Giants began practice for Sunday’s season-opening game against the Dallas Cowboys. Neither the Giants nor Nabers have committed to the 2024 first-round pick playing on Sunday. The signs, though, point toward that happening. Nabers practiced all summer with no real hiccups as he worked his way back from two surgeries to repair a torn ACL suffered in Week 4 of the 2025 season.

Related Players: Malachi Fields, Darnell Mooney, Odell Beckham, Isaiah Likely

Everything continues pointing toward Nabers playing against Dallas. His WR22 ranking appropriately accounts for some workload uncertainty following the significant knee injury, but he can be treated as a lower-end WR2 if he avoids a setback. Fields, Mooney and Beckham would all carry considerably less Week 1 usability with Nabers active.

"It sounds like [Malik Nabers is] going to be good to go for Sunday night."

Reports a few weeks ago said Nabers looked a little timid getting back into team drills but the expectation was still that he'd be ready to go for Week 1. The trend continues to be just that. It will be worth checking in before game time just to make sure, but this news, coupled with the release of Darius Slayton, are leading many to believe Nabers will be ready. It won't hurt to have a backup plan since the game is Sunday night, however.

Wide receiver Malik Nabers remains noncommittal about playing Week 1.

Nabers is coming back from a torn ACL last year. According to the story everything has been trending in a positive direction for Nabers. Nabers was quoted as saying there are some things he needs to check off before he gets back on the field, but he feels "real good." While he's keeping his checklist in-house, the story said it wasn't anything too big he needs to overcome yet.

Nabers unexpectedly walked off with a trainer approximately 20 minutes before Wednesday’s practice ended. He had handled a full workload before leaving.

John Harbaugh said the departure was not planned, but Nabers was not included in the trainers’ post-practice injury report. Harbaugh subsequently stated that “there’s no injury.” The situation drew additional attention because Nabers is returning from ACL and meniscus surgery.

Related Players: Malachi Fields, Darnell Mooney, Darius Slayton, Isaiah Hodgins, Braxton Berrios, Odell Beckham

The explicit denial of an injury makes this a reassuring update, although any unplanned departure involving a player returning from major knee surgery warrants documentation. Nabers remains our current WR12.

New York Giants wide receiver Calvin Austin III will miss the upcoming season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee while running a route at Tuesday's training camp practice, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Austin, 27, signed with the Giants this offseason after spending the first four years of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had 31 catches for 372 yards with three touchdowns last season.

Related Players: Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton, Braxton Berrios, Odell Beckham, Darnell Mooney

Austin was outside the top 250, but his absence creates an opening for Berrios, Beckham, or Darnell Mooney to handle more slot reps. It also marginally consolidates targets around Nabers, though not enough to move him materially from WR13.

The next step in Malik Nabers’ rehab: shedding the red no-contact jersey.

Great news for Nabers as he continues his quest to be ready for Week 1 against the Cowboys. Raanan mentioned that Nabers had three reps in 11-on-11 and three in 7-on-7 drills. He made a really nice catch when he went down and plucked a pass off the turf.

The New York Giants' running back room got a bit more crowded this week with the signing of Najee Harris. He is a four-time 1,000-yard rusher looking to prove once again that he's a high-level back. But Harris isn't joining the Giants to be the fourth option behind Cam Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy Jr. and Devin Singletary. He was brought in under the premise that he's going to be a significant contributor,even though a source told ESPN he signed a one-year minimum salary $1.215 million deal with no guaranteed money.

Skattebo has been the first running back up most days at practice this summer (including at Thursday's joint practice) and was the starter in the Giants' preseason opener Saturday even though he is coming off an open fracture of his right ankle.

Skattebo remains the clear favorite to lead this backfield. Harris could eventually absorb passing-down or pass-protection work, while Tyrone Tracy also remains involved, but neither currently looks positioned to displace Skattebo. His eight-spot value against ADP remains intact.

The Giants are bringing in a veteran running back.

Najee Harris has agreed to a one-year deal with New York, according to NFL Network.

Harris took a visit with the club on Monday.

Related Players: Cam Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary

Harris suffered a torn Achilles while playing for the Chargers last season. He appeared in just three games before his injury. HC John Harbaugh was quoted in the story saying Harris isn't back to 100% yet and he's not in football shape, adding, "It’ll be a process. But that would be a guy that has got a lot of experience. He’s a decorated vet. And with those guys, generally, you just have to kind of see where they’re at when you get them." Fantasy-wise it's not the best landing spot, but Harris sounds like he'll need time before he's ready to play.

Reporter Connor Hughes said after today practice that Malachi Fields has pretty much taken over as the WR2.

Related players: Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton, Darnell Mooney

Hughes said the coaches love Fields and he keeps making plays. The team has high expectations for Fields this season, and he's pretty much out there with Jaxon Dart all the time at practice. Nabers should be the WR1 assuming he can get back to full strength, and he was in full-speed drills today, Hughes added in the same report. It looks like Fields has already jumped over Stayton and Mooney in the pecking order, but it's something to continue to watch.