Malik Nabers looks way ahead of schedule in latest rehab footage

Malik Nabers is coming back better than ever next season, and you can't convince me otherwise. We’re about five months removed from the torn ACL he suffered in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Chargers, and the rehab videos are finally starting to make the rounds.

It started with an Instagram post the 22-year-old threw up on Monday, a casual photo dump from the past couple of months. Mixed in were some awesome updates on his recovery process. And as awesome as those were, though, they don’t even scratch the surface of the latest update coming out of his camp.

On Wednesday, videos surfaced online of Leek doing some Bosu ball work, some dumbbell squat work, and some sled-dragging work, which is exactly the kind of stuff that makes you believe he’s coming all the way back and then some. That’s electric, and it’s the kind of update this team needs to keep the offseason momentum rolling:

Malik Nabers looks like he’s ready to pick up where he left off

The fact that Nabers is already putting in this kind of work five months after surgery is a strong sign he’s trending toward a Week 1 return, assuming there aren’t any setbacks. He’s right on schedule for a typical ACL recovery, maybe even trending a little ahead in terms of strength progression. That's the stuff we do like.

The recovery process hasn’t been perfect -- far from it. Fans freaked out when he was seen dancing at a party before his surgery was even scheduled. The reality is a lot of guys wait for swelling to go down before going under the knife. It doesn’t look great on social media when they get got, but it’s a lot more common than you'd think.

Still, dancing on a torn ACL at a nightclub without a surgery date just inherently isn't a good look.

But the past is the past, and the work he's doing lines up with someone pushing toward football activity later this summer. And I, for one, can't wait. The last time fans saw him at full strength, he was torching the Dallas Cowboys in Week 3 with nine catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns.

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That came on the heels of his record-setting rookie season, when he caught 109 passes for 1,204 yards and seven scores. He led the league in targets per game for a reason: he’s a superstar. Fast forward a year, and the offense felt painfully predictable the second he went down. For the sake of being dramatic, getting him back as the team's undisputed WR1 is going to be life-changing.

Five months ago, this offense lost everything. Five months later, it feels like it’s getting it back. Sometimes it takes a full season to truly bounce back from an injury like this, but even if he’s 90 percent of himself in 2026, this offense could be something special.