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New York Giants' Odell Beckham sees a lot of himself in Malik Nabers
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New York Giants' Odell Beckham sees a lot of himself in Malik Nabers
As Odell Beckham Jr. prepares for his reunion tour with the New York Giants , he'll have a front-row seat working alongside budding star Malik Nabers.
It's easy to see the parallels between the two electric wideouts. Both were superstars at LSU, and both wound up being first-round selections by the Giants in the NFL draft.
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With Beckham Jr. officially on the team following his strong preseason, he admitted he sees shades of his younger self in Nabers.
"It's been great. Like you said, I see a lot of myself in him," Beckham told Chris Simms in an interview . "And he's worked hard in his rehab and coming back. It's not easy. I've just been kind of expressing to him what I went through. Never telling him what he should or shouldn't do, but just be able to give him the wisdom that I wish when I was a younger guy, like I had somebody around to give me."
If there's anyone who can relate to what Nabers is going through early in his career, it's Beckham Jr. The former superstar burst onto the scene with the Giants in 2014 and was primed for a Hall-of-Fame career. He, too, suffered a devastating ankle injury during his tenure with the Giants, and then tore his ACL with the Cleveland Browns.
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Nabers may not have had as explosive of a rookie campaign as Beckham Jr. did, but he also didn't have the opportunity to play with Eli Manning.
The Giants offense could be a surprisingly strong unit if Nabers can return to full strength early in the season, and he's got plenty of experience to learn from when it comes to his new mentor in Beckham.
This article originally appeared on Giants Wire: New York Giants' Odell Beckham sees a lot of himself in Malik Nabers
