Breaking: Giants headcoach give injury update on Giants favorite wide reciever.
Brain Daboll omitted details, but it’s obvious that he thinks Malik Nabers avoided a serious injury when he turned his ankle during practice yesterday.
“I believe he’s fine, he’s just a little sore today,” Daboll stated during his regular news conference prior to practice.
Nabers sustained a non-contact injury and left the practice. After taking off his shoes, he approached the sidelines to be inspected by the team’s medical personnel. Today Nabers did not work out.
“Yeah, sore today, we’ll back off him, take it day to day, but that’s where we’re at with him,” Daboll stated. A follow-up inquiry concerning an MRI and X-ray was addressed to Daboll, who replied, “They’re still doing evaluation on him, but he’s a little sore today, so we’ll back off him and then we’ll just take it from there.” Daboll stated shortly after, “I don’t think it’s fractured. He didn’t make contact or anything; he just twisted up a little bit.”
The explosive Nabers, a first-round selection of the Giants this year, has had an excellent camp and is anticipated to be one of the team’s main offensive weapons this season. He was not targeted on the 12 snaps he played on Thursday against Detroit in the preseason opener.
When the Giants take on the Texans in Houston on Saturday, Daboll would not rule out Nabers playing.
“I’d say if they deem him ready to go and he feels good, we’ll continue to work him and get work,” Daboll stated. “He’s a newbie once more. We will thus allow him a few days if they advise us to. However, we’ll just go practice when he’s ready.”
The starting quarterbacks for the Giants and Daniel Jones are anticipated to face the Texans. Is Daboll interested in watching Jones and Nabers play together prior to the start of the season?
Daboll stated, “Look, if he’s ready to play, then he will play.” “And we should retreat if they advise us to do so. You recognize that this is a contact sport, yet you would still like to see everyone able to play. Every team, in my opinion, experiences it. And the boys will play if they’re prepared to do so. They won’t if they’re not.
