Malik Nabers' ACL recovery puts him on track for a dominant second half fantasy season
Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Josh Norris and Hayden Winks discuss what fantasy managers can hope for with New York Giants WR Malik Nabers as he returns from an ACL injury. Check out the full conversation on "Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden" - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
Video Transcript
There's one name that people will be waiting on for a little bit longer than they're expecting.
Just wanted to bring that up first.
Because next for us apparently is Malik Nabers.
And I guess this is for you.
I mean, all three of these guys are basically lockstep with the exact same overall ranking when we combine all these.
Mm-hmm.
But Malik Nabers has been on track more so than almost any other injured player so far this off-season.
It all seems positive.
There might be some slight hesitation right now in terms of, hey, is he gonna be full go here in week one?
Yeah.
But Hayden, just compared to where we were at in June and even the early portions of July, and going and watching every single Malik Nabers routes in practice that we are afforded, this is an exciting, exciting talent to get back on the field.
Yeah, I'm hoping he's, like, the wide receiver 20 for the first couple weeks and first month of the season.
And then by the end of the season, he's where we would've been drafting him fully healthy, which is probably what?
Between JSN and CeeDee Lamb as, like, the wide receiver five overall.
So, like, that's kind of, like, what I'm hoping for this season.
He's a freak athlete.
He's only, what, 22, 23 years old at this point, and he's been absolutely dominant, in fantasy.
He's been the wide receiver six on wide receiver three usage from his rookie season up until week five of last year.
During that stretch for, like, the, what, a year and a quarter, the, Giants were 27th in scoring, 26th in passing yards, 27th in passing success rate, 30th in EPA per drop back.
He did not play with Jaxson Dart during that time, timeframe, either, and I think that Jaxson Dart's gonna be the best quarterback he's played with w- in the NFL.
So this is a ramp-up period play, but I do think at the 2-3 turn, I think that we have priced in the ACL, and I don't mind betting on freak athletes that are 23 years old
