{"id":1026281,"date":"2026-08-26T23:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026281\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T23:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T23:42:36","slug":"giants-downplay-malik-nabers-injury-scare-after-final-practice-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026281\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants downplay Malik Nabers injury scare after final practice drill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Observations from Wednesday\u2019s Giants practice:<\/p>\n<p>Receiving rave reviews<\/p>\n<p>The forgotten man in the receiver discussion \u2014 2022 playoff star Isaiah Hodgins, who returned to the Giants late last season \u2014 made an off-balance one-handed catch on the sideline and got his feet down before falling out of bounds. <\/p>\n<p>He also caught a 2-point conversion pass. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.39130435;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40528655\" width=\"821\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-east-rutherford-n-j-138397445_02237e.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) during football practice.\" class=\"wp-image-40528655\"\/>Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) during football practice. Noah K. Murray for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Darnell Mooney and Odell Beckham Jr. were also very involved, with Beckham catching a touchdown pass on a similar route to his end zone drop against the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Counterproductive<\/p>\n<p>The Giants had two false starts during the move-the-ball period as QB Jaxson Dart toyed with a hard count that seems to be doing more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p>Caught my eye<\/p>\n<p>Players were excited to see Dominic Zvada and Ben Sauls in a field goal battle that stretched to 69-yard attempts, which matches the NFL preseason record set last week by the Chiefs\u2019 Harrison Butker and tops the regular-season record (68). The longest kicks were missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to see them both make 60-plus yarders in a contest was pretty fun,\u201d head coach John Harbaugh said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Injury report<\/p>\n<p>WR Malik Nabers unexpectedly left practice during the final drill \u2014 walking side by side with return-to-play coordinator Allie Boudreau into the facility \u2014 but Harbaugh said he would have heard after practice if there was an injury. <\/p>\n<p>DT Shelby Harris worked on the side with a trainer during team drills. Theo Johnson (shoulder) came out to practice late and watched from the sideline. <\/p>\n<p>RG Sisi Mauigoa and RT Jermaine Eluemunor returned as full participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Observations from Wednesday\u2019s Giants practice: Receiving rave reviews The forgotten man in the receiver discussion \u2014 2022 playoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1026282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12949,58346,405,403,4716,5226,5225,1232,5228,5227,62,20026,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-1026281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-malik-nabers","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nfl","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-training-camp","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117164465655838959","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}