Malik Nabers was drafted to be the Giants’ No. 1 offensive option, and the prized rookie receiver actually was all of that within the team’s Week 2 loss to the Commanders.
No. 1 in your scorecard was targeted 18 times and finished with 10 receptions for 127 yards — including the primary touchdown of his NFL profession — but a key drop late in the sport.
Still, those targets accounted for twice as many as the remainder of the team combined among the many 28 passes thrown by Daniel Jones within the 21-18 defeat.
That left just 4 targets apiece for holdovers Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson and none for Jalen Hyatt or tight ends Daniel Bellinger and Theo Johnson.
“I believe football sometimes is form of like basketball, and also you gotta roll with the recent hand,” Slayton, who led the Giants with 770 receiving yards last season, said of Nabers after Thursday’s practice in East Rutherford, N.J. “Malik was playing well, so that they kept going to him, and he kept making plays. When a shooter’s making shots, you let him shoot. But obviously, eventually, there’s gonna come a time where any person else is gonna need to make a play. So that you gotta be ready.”
Nabers, the sixth-overall pick within the draft, registered five catches on seven targets in his NFL debut the previous week against the Vikings, with Robinson leading the best way with a dozen targets.
“I believe every week goes to be different,” offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said. “You have a look at the defense they present, you have a look at the matchups, and you are trying to place your best players within the positions to achieve success. Throughout the game, that might change.
“Whether that’s the identical or not [Sunday against the Browns] or in the long run, I don’t know. You’ve to see how the sport declares itself. But I believe you usually wish to put your best player, your best scheme or your best players in those spots in order that they will be successful.”
Hyatt hasn’t had much of a likelihood in the primary two games of his second pro season to stretch defenses together with his speed, barely getting on the sector with one combined goal across an 0-2 start.
“Jalin’s doing an important job in practice,” Kafka said. “He’s a professional. … And it’s nearly getting him in the combo.”
Robinson no less than snared a 7-yard touchdown from Jones within the fourth quarter against Washington, but he finished with two receptions for 18 yards on 4 targets.
“That’s just form of the best way the sport went, and we just go along with the ebbs and flows of it,” Robinson said. “You never know the way a game’s gonna play out. It turned out to be a one-on-one game on the surface, and clearly, there ended up being rather a lot with Malik.
“In one other game, another person might need a much bigger goal share. You never know who could be the one in double digits. So we just need to all proceed to work together and see how the sport unfolds.”
Malik Nabers was drafted to be the Giants’ No. 1 offensive option, and the prized rookie receiver actually was all of that within the team’s Week 2 loss to the Commanders.
No. 1 in your scorecard was targeted 18 times and finished with 10 receptions for 127 yards — including the primary touchdown of his NFL profession — but a key drop late in the sport.
Still, those targets accounted for twice as many as the remainder of the team combined among the many 28 passes thrown by Daniel Jones within the 21-18 defeat.
That left just 4 targets apiece for holdovers Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson and none for Jalen Hyatt or tight ends Daniel Bellinger and Theo Johnson.
“I believe football sometimes is form of like basketball, and also you gotta roll with the recent hand,” Slayton, who led the Giants with 770 receiving yards last season, said of Nabers after Thursday’s practice in East Rutherford, N.J. “Malik was playing well, so that they kept going to him, and he kept making plays. When a shooter’s making shots, you let him shoot. But obviously, eventually, there’s gonna come a time where any person else is gonna need to make a play. So that you gotta be ready.”
Nabers, the sixth-overall pick within the draft, registered five catches on seven targets in his NFL debut the previous week against the Vikings, with Robinson leading the best way with a dozen targets.
“I believe every week goes to be different,” offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said. “You have a look at the defense they present, you have a look at the matchups, and you are trying to place your best players within the positions to achieve success. Throughout the game, that might change.
“Whether that’s the identical or not [Sunday against the Browns] or in the long run, I don’t know. You’ve to see how the sport declares itself. But I believe you usually wish to put your best player, your best scheme or your best players in those spots in order that they will be successful.”
Hyatt hasn’t had much of a likelihood in the primary two games of his second pro season to stretch defenses together with his speed, barely getting on the sector with one combined goal across an 0-2 start.
“Jalin’s doing an important job in practice,” Kafka said. “He’s a professional. … And it’s nearly getting him in the combo.”
Robinson no less than snared a 7-yard touchdown from Jones within the fourth quarter against Washington, but he finished with two receptions for 18 yards on 4 targets.
“That’s just form of the best way the sport went, and we just go along with the ebbs and flows of it,” Robinson said. “You never know the way a game’s gonna play out. It turned out to be a one-on-one game on the surface, and clearly, there ended up being rather a lot with Malik.
“In one other game, another person might need a much bigger goal share. You never know who could be the one in double digits. So we just need to all proceed to work together and see how the sport unfolds.”
