When Malik Nabers was healthy, he looked well on his way to becoming the best receiver in the NFL. Despite catching passes from Daniel Jones, Drew Lock, and Tommy DeVito his rookie season with the New York Giants, Nabers still managed to clear 1,200 receiving yards on over 100 receptions.
The 22-year-old is the most electric receiver to wear a Giants' jersey since a young Odell Beckham Jr., and it just so happens that he broke many of his franchise records in 2024. The fact of the matter is that a guy like Nabers made the heartache of losing a man like Saquon Barkley more bearable.
Unfortunately, he tore his ACL in Jaxson Dart's debut in Week 4 of 2025 and still may not be good to go for Week 1. It's a bummer, because not only did the injury bug rob fans of a player who made New York's offense must-see TV, they were robbed of seeing more from the Dart-to-Nabers connection.
John Harbaugh thinks Malik Nabers is capable of being the NFL's best WR
While addressing the media after Big Blue's first day of mandatory minicamp, John Harbaugh was asked about the state of the Giants' receiver room. And his response about the third-year WR is telling of the player we've seen and how much more he can accomplish.
"I know his goal is to be the best in the league, that would be his goal," Harbaugh said. He's capable of doing it."
The Giants have all of this competition in the receiver room, but their entire offensive nucleus revolves around No. 1. As far as weapons go, he's only truly elite one the G-Men have, and there was a reason he was peppered with 170 targets as a rookie and was fed by Russell Wilson before the injury. And Dart will rely on him just as much.
The 2024 first-round pick has elite burst and is dynamic as a YAC threat. Similarly to young OBJ, he has the ability to take any simple slant route to the house on any given play. And he now has better quarterback play, so as long as he can stay on the field, Ja'Marr Chase and JSN are well within reach.
Harbs mentioned the more competitive receiver room, and in a weird way, the competition will benefit the Nabers. It's not the LSU product's role (if healthy) is in any jeopardy, and he now has some fantastic mentors in OBJ and JuJu Smith-Schuster who can keep him grounded going into Year 3.
There is plenty of competition on the throne at wideout, but John Harbaugh knows it and so does anyone who watches the Giants: if you thought Malik Nabers was already elite, just you wait for his return.
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