The first regular-season game for the Giants is Sept. 13 and they certainly want their playmaking wide receiver on the field at MetLife Stadium, running routes against the Cowboys in a “Sunday Night Football” opener. Malik Nabers, though, continues to battle through a strenuous rehab and, for the first time, someone in the know is speculating he might not be ready for Week 1.
“It’s just impossible to predict,” head coach John Harbaugh said Thursday after putting his team through organized team activity practice No. 3. “The goal is to start the season and get out there sometime in training camp, that would be the goal. And we’ll see what happens. If he’s out there, great. If he’s not out there, great, we’ll be ready to do either way. I know he’s fighting like crazy to do his best to be out there. He’s with the guys every day.”
Nabers went down in Week 4 last season to a torn right ACL and he also suffered meniscus damage in the victory over the Chargers — quarterback Jaxson Dart’s first NFL start. Nabers had reconstructive surgery October 28 but scar tissue developed and not long ago he underwent a clean-up procedure.
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