Video: Malik Nabers exits Giants vs Chargers with apparent knee injury

A sweet Sunday turned sour for New York Giants fans. As the G-men were rejoicing looking at their rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart deliver against a very good defense like the Los Angeles Chargers, now it all turned grey as their best wide receiver, Malik Nabers, went down after a deep route.

Nabers ran a vertical route and tried to jump to make a grab. As soon as he jumped something looked wrong and then he couldn’t get back up. He held his right knee. It seems something happened at the time of the jump. Nabers had to be carted off and was quickly ruled out from the game vs. Chargers.

Nabers is by far and away the best receiver the team has as he is arguably a top 10 receiver in the NFL. This is really bad news for the Giants as they would miss a top-tier talent. Not only that, but the team wants to make the Dart-Nabers connection their core. Now, it’s in doubt until Nabers’ injury is revealed.

Nabers is only in his second season, which is also concerning. Non-contact injuries are usually more serious given the nature that those are body malfunctions instead of a hit-caused injury.

Nabers reports are concerning

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that Nabers is feared to have torn his ACL, which would mean it’s a season-ending injury. The Giants will still need to make tests on the player but early reports couldn’t be worse.

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