{"id":338800,"date":"2025-10-28T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/338800\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:04:12","slug":"why-malik-nabers-still-hasnt-had-surgery-one-month-after-tearing-acl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/338800\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Malik Nabers still hasn’t had surgery one month after tearing ACL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malik Nabers isn\u2019t ghosting the Giants or in denial about his season being over.<\/p>\n

Tuesday marked one month since Nabers tore his ACL<\/a> and the stud receiver still has not undergone reconstructive surgery, though it is supposed to happen soon.<\/p>\n

Why the delay?<\/p>\n

\u201cSome players will have a very significant amount of swelling after this injury and operating on them right away can actually lead to significant stiffness down the line because it\u2019s an additional trauma to the knee \u2013 even though it\u2019s being done for good,\u201d Dr. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt actually ends up speeding up recovery to wait until the knee is very quiet \u2013 not a lot of swelling and range of motion is essentially full, when the knee feels almost normal other than the instability through the ACL. It sounds counterintuitive, but in the long run it limits the risk for complications related to the surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WideMalik Nabers tore his ACL in game against Chargers on Sept. 28, 2025. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Nabers also suffered a partially torn meniscus when he tore his ACL, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n

Former Giants star Saquon Barkley suffered a similar double whammy \u2013 plus an MCL sprain \u2013 in 2020 and eventually returned to top form.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very common to sustain a meniscus tear in addition to the ACL tear,\u201d said Gonzalez-Lomas, who has not treated Nabers. \u201cIf it just needs to be trimmed, it doesn\u2019t add much to the complexity. If you add the meniscus repair, you are going to have to add a little more restriction to the post-operative course.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe athlete would not be able to put full weight on the knee for 4-6 weeks \u2013 up to eight depending on the tear. If they can\u2019t put full weight on it, they would be a little further behind the 8-ball in terms of ACL recovery. Usually over the first two months, even if you repair the meniscus, the knee catches up to where it would\u2019ve been.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ALDSMalik Nabers at the Yankees\u2019 ALDS Game 3 loss to the Blue Jays on Oct. 7, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So, while running back Cam Skattebo should be on the field for the start of 2026 training camp after Sunday\u2019s emergency surgery to repair a dislocated ankle<\/a> \u2013 barring an infection or other complications associated with what is thought to have been an open wound \u2013 Nabers\u2019 timeline could be delayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe typical return to play for an ACL injury is about 9-12 months,\u201d Gonzalez-Lomas said. \u201cYou\u2019d really be right at the beginning of the window. I think he would be back to doing training on the field. Whether or not he is ready to actually play in July or the next few months is still up in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malik Nabers isn\u2019t ghosting the Giants or in denial about his season being over. Tuesday marked one month…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":338801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[58346,4716,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-338800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-malik-nabers","9":"tag-new-york-giants","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115452881845501193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338800","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=338800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}