air cast as he was carted off the field<\/a>. He later returned to the sideline wearing a boot.<\/p>\nX-rays were negative, The Post confirmed.<\/p>\n
RG Evan Neal and rookie third-round pick DT Darius Alexander were healthy scratches.<\/p>\n
Micah McFadden #41 of the New York Giants is carted off the field during the first quarter against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on September 07, 2025 in Landover, Maryland. Getty Images<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a dubious start to a new chapter for Neal, a first-round pick who flopped at tackle over three years. He was getting first-team reps over the first half of training camp and wound up losing that job to Greg Van Roten and the top backup guard job to Aaron Stinnie.<\/p>\n
Despite being owed $4 million guaranteed in 2025, it raises questions of how long Neal will be on the roster if he has no game-day role.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Alexander was drafted to be an immediate impact player but has fallen behind D.J. Davidson and practice-squad elevation Elijah Garcia on the depth chart.<\/p>\n
With LT Andrew Thomas (foot) inactive, the Giants started free agent acquisition James Hudson III, who was flagged for a holding penalty.<\/p>\n
Hudson\u2019s start continued a streak dating to 2009-10 of not having the same starting offensive line in Week 1 of back-to-back seasons.<\/p>\n
Abdul Carter \u2014 the favorite to win NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year \u2014 blocked a punt on special teams in his NFL debut. The ball still went 29 yards, however.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe provides some value in that area,\u201d Daboll said. \u201cHe\u2019s excited to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was the first time that Washington has not allowed a touchdown at home against the Giants and won the game since 1979.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LANDOVER, Md. \u2014 The Giants have given Malik Nabers a say in everything from play calling to their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[200,7,519,4126,1917,56,2321,2469,6,9,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-350967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-giants","8":"tag-brian-daboll","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-malik-nabers","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-giants","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkgiants","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115167395030477658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350967","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=350967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}