{"id":1016138,"date":"2026-10-02T00:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1016138\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:09:16","slug":"malik-nabers-new-mindset-has-him-waiting-on-that-day-for-his-giants-breakout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1016138\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Nabers&#8217; new mindset has him &#8216;waiting on that day&#8217; for his Giants breakout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Nabers has never been shy about asking for the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wants targets in the first quarter to get his juices flowing. He wants them in the fourth quarter to make difference-making plays. He wants them against the best cornerbacks to prove he is the best receiver. He wants as many as he can get because he believes \u2014 rightfully so \u2014 that the ball in his hand gives the Giants a better chance to win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And so the catch-hungry Nabers being held to six receptions for 27 yards \u2014 albeit on 10 targets \u2014 since <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/21\/sports\/jameis-winston-dooms-giants-after-jaxson-dart-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jameis Winston replaced an injured Jaxson Dart<\/a> seven touchdown-less quarters ago seems like something that needs to change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe win is definitely more important than everybody\u2019s stats,\u201d Nabers told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malik Nabers has never been shy about asking for the ball.\u00a0 He wants targets in the first quarter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1016139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,4126,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9,3248],"class_list":["post-1016138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-malik-nabers","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sports-plus"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117368413464791189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1016139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}