{"id":283552,"date":"2025-08-13T01:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/283552\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T01:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:05:17","slug":"new-york-giants-superstar-still-held-out-of-practice-with-surgery-on-the-table-as-injury-speculation-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/283552\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants superstar still held out of practice with surgery on the table as injury speculation grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A NEW York Giants star has still been unable to participate in practice as injury concerns continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Giants<\/a> player couldn&#8217;t take part in a special practice with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers speaks to the media.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Reuters\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-giants-wide-receiver-1011874677.jpg\" data-caption=\"New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers speaks to the media after a training camp practice last month\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/new-york-giants-wide-receiver-1011874677.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers speaks to the media after a training camp practice last monthCredit: Reuters<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll at a press conference.\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"AP\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/crop-14099929.jpg\" data-caption=\"Giants head coach Brian Daboll speaks at a press conference before a mandatory minicamp session in June\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/crop-14099929.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Giants head coach Brian Daboll speaks at a press conference before a mandatory minicamp session in JuneCredit: AP<\/p>\n<p>The first of this week&#8217;s two Giants-Jets joint practices began on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers was unable to appear on Day 1 of the practices.<\/p>\n<p>Nabers was out as head coach Brian Daboll revealed that the second-year player was &#8220;rehabbing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old has had a lingering toe injury that has kept him out of numerous training camp practices.<\/p>\n<p>And Nabers didn&#8217;t appear in the preseason-opening 34-25 win against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Pro Bowler said he is dealing with an injury that dates back from his college days at LSU.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Nabers will not play in either of the remaining two games.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t worked in practice since last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s rehabbing, and he&#8217;s doing everything he can do to get back,&#8221; Daboll told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Nabers revealed to reporters that &#8220;there&#8217;s been talk about&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/14818717\/malik-nabers-surgery-new-york-giants-nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">toe surgery which could eventually happen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Cowboys suffer major blow after star player is ruled out for entire 2025 season with broken neck bone<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s not up in the air, but decisions will be made when the team is right,&#8221; Nabers said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But right now, I&#8217;m just focusing on locking in and getting ready for the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being out there with my guys, it felt good to be out there and run around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nabers&#8217; toe problem didn&#8217;t seem to trouble him last season as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Giants players Malik Nabers and Drew Lock celebrating a touchdown.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/malik-nabers-1-drew-lock-960455612.jpg\" data-caption=\"Nabers and quarterback Drew Lock celebrating after a touchdown during the 2024 season\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/malik-nabers-1-drew-lock-960455612.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Nabers and quarterback Drew Lock celebrating after a touchdown during the 2024 seasonCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>He posted 109 receptions for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Nabers made the Pro Bowl as a result of his stellar campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants and Jets will take on each other on Saturday night in the second preseason game for the two teams.<\/p>\n<p>Big Blue and Gang Green experienced brutal seasons in 2024, finishing 3-14 and 5-12, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A NEW York Giants star has still been unable to participate in practice as injury concerns continue to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[7,519,1917,56,255,2321,2469,6,578],"class_list":{"0":"post-283552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-giants","12":"tag-new-york-jets","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkgiants","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-section-sportamerican-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115018775048589149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283552","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=283552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}