Giants' Malik Nabers injury update is quite confusing

Billy Heyen

Giants' Malik Nabers injury update is quite confusing image

Malik Nabers still isn't practicing.

The New York Giants don't seem overly concerned, but it's starting to get just a bit of confusing for their star wide receiver.

ESPN's Jordan Raanan laid out the situation in a new article out Sunday.

The first fact: Nabers hasn't practiced in 11 days.

Raanan writes that Nabers has "a minor back problem" which one of his sources termed "normal camp tightness."

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Nabers hasn't played in either preseason game so far.

"The Giants have only one full practice this week scheduled for Tuesday," Raanan writes. "They have a walk-through on Monday and play their final preseason game on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium against the New England Patriots. So while Nabers may be back soon, it's possible it also might not be this week given the tight schedule and quick turnaround."

Raanan writes that Nabers sitting out the rest of the preseason at this point "would seem logical."

The Giants open the regular season with a key divisional game against the Commanders. 

"It should be plenty of time for Nabers to get ready for the Washington Commanders and the grueling early season schedule that follows, in part because the Giants appear to be bringing him back slowly," Raanan writes. "There is no reason to rush their most explosive offensive weapon onto the field for the preseason."

Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle