{"id":160171,"date":"2025-08-20T04:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160171\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T04:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:21:21","slug":"malik-nabers-cam-skattebo-return-to-giants-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160171\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Nabers, Cam Skattebo return to Giants practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Andrew Thomas\u2019 return to practice got most of the attention, but the Giants got plenty of other good injury news on Tuesday.     Malik Nabers, who has been bothered this summer by a lingering toe injury, a sore shoulder and back tightness, returned to practice, though just in individual drills. He is fully expected to be ready for Week 1 against the Commanders.     Cam Skattebo returned to practice as well and even participated in team drills. He had been out with a hamstring injury. He missed time earlier in training camp, returned but suffered what head coach Brian Daboll described as a \u201csetback\u201d and sat out again until Tuesday.     ***     Abdul Carter went viral after responding to a clip the official NFL account posted on X of him getting knocked to the ground with a chip block during the Giants\u2019 second preseason game against the Jets.     \u201cMight be the only highlight of the Jets all season and we put [belt to ass],\u201d Carter posted. \u201cWeak-ass chip ate that [motherf--ker] like bbq.\u201d     Outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen said Carter wasn\u2019t happy the lowlight went viral in the first place.     \u201cDefinitely not,\u201d Bullen said Tuesday. \u201cHe\u2019s a super-competitive person, super-competitive player, that\u2019s just how he\u2019s wired. That was just him being competitive, which is part of what makes him a great player.\u201d     Bullen also thinks it shows how much Carter is already feared.     \u201cThat\u2019s just part of being a great player,\u201d Bullen said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a sign of respect that they\u2019re gonna allocate somebody to not run a route and chip him. It happens. My focus is on the totality of what\u2019s gone on, he\u2019s had a lot of really good plays. That was one bad play. They happen. Move on. Keep it moving.    \u201cHe understands it, he\u2019s hyper aware, he knows what that means. I think he was just frustrated. Rightfully so.\u201d     ***     Assistant general manager Brandon Brown believes, given all the investments made this offseason on defense, the Giants have formed a tangible identity.     \u201cLook at the offseason construction,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThere was an emphasis on rush and coverage. Rush and coverage is going to age well and lend to an identity. Whether it\u2019s adding Abdul, adding Chauncey Golston in free agency. We talked about adding Jevon Holland and Paulson Adebo, creating more turnovers on the back end along with getting after the quarterback.\u201d\">Andrew Thomas\u2019 return to practice <\/a>got most of the attention, but the Giants got plenty of other good injury news on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malik Nabers, who has been bothered this summer by a lingering toe injury, a sore shoulder and back tightness, returned to practice, though just in individual drills. <\/p>\n<p>He is fully expected to be ready for Week 1 against the Commanders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cam Skattebo returned to practice as well and even participated in team drills. <\/p>\n<p>He had been out with a hamstring injury. He missed time earlier in training camp, returned but suffered what head coach Brian Daboll described as a \u201csetback\u201d and sat out again until Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.281602;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36877623\" width=\"756\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-giants-wide-receiver-109804493.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants players at practice.\" class=\"wp-image-36877623\"  \/>Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) during practice in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Aug. 19, 2025.<br \/>Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/17\/sports\/giants-rookie-abdul-carter-trashes-jets-after-rough-preseason-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abdul Carter went viral <\/a>after responding to a clip the official NFL account posted on X of him getting knocked to the ground with a chip block during the Giants\u2019 second preseason game against the Jets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMight be the only highlight of the Jets all season and we put [belt to ass],\u201d Carter posted. \u201cWeak-ass chip ate that [motherf\u2013ker] like bbq.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGo behind the scenes with Big Blue\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Giants by Paul Schwartz, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Outside linebackers coach Charlie Bullen said Carter wasn\u2019t happy the lowlight went viral in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely not,\u201d Bullen said Tuesday. \u201cHe\u2019s a super-competitive person, super-competitive player, that\u2019s just how he\u2019s wired. That was just him being competitive, which is part of what makes him a great player.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bullen also thinks it shows how much Carter is already feared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just part of being a great player,\u201d Bullen said. \u201cIt\u2019s also a sign of respect that they\u2019re gonna allocate somebody to not run a route and chip him. It happens. My focus is on the totality of what\u2019s gone on, he\u2019s had a lot of really good plays. That was one bad play. They happen. Move on. Keep it moving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe understands it, he\u2019s hyper aware, he knows what that means. I think he was just frustrated. Rightfully so.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.52608048;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36877653\" width=\"900\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-giants-linebacker-abdul-109548527.jpg\" alt=\"New York Giants linebacker Abdul Carter at training camp.\" class=\"wp-image-36877653\"  \/>Giants linebacker Abdul Carter  Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Assistant general manager Brandon Brown believes, given all the investments made this offseason on defense, the Giants have formed a tangible identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the offseason construction,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThere was an emphasis on rush and coverage. Rush and coverage is going to age well and lend to an identity. Whether it\u2019s adding Abdul, adding Chauncey Golston in free agency. We talked about adding Jevon Holland and Paulson Adebo, creating more turnovers on the back end along with getting after the quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Thomas\u2019 return to practice got most of the attention, but the Giants got plenty of other good&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,92891,58346,405,403,4716,5226,5225,1232,5228,5227,62,20026,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-160171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cam-skattebo","10":"tag-malik-nabers","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-training-camp","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115059181802205150","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160171","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=160171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}