What do Giants' veteran WR signings say about Malik Nabers' injury status?
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz react to the New York Giants signing JuJu Smith-Schuster, Odell Beckham Jr. and Braxton Berrios, and discuss what it means for Malik Nabers' injury status. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
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The Giants have signed Juju Smith-Schuster, Odell Beckham Jr., Braxton Berrios, all yesterday.
It's hard for me not to see this many wide receivers added and then wonder, oh my God, what's this mean for Malik Nabers' knee?
I think that this is an indication that Malik Nabers' knee is, is gonna keep him off the field, at least to start the season, if not for a majority of the season.
They're trying to replace production from somebody like Malik Nabers that when he was healthy, looked like he was going to grow into one of the best young wide receivers in the NFL.
And as we know now, it wasn't a simple knee procedure.
But you don't simply replace him with a bunch of names that haven't had a ton of production.
This is a bad look for, for Malik Nabers' diagnosis and what that might be, because the best football is behind these guys, clearly.
But OBJ's best football is behind him.
Juju Smith-Schuster's only 29, which I did not realize.
I thought Juju Smith-Schuster was like 34, 35 years old.
But he has now had three consecutive sub 400-yard seasons.
So that tells me that's more of who he is now versus what he was maybe in his early years with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
And also, like Braxton Berrios has always just kind of been like a special teamer kind of guy.
He's never been anything super, super special.
So you're bringing in these guys and it almost feels like you're just kind of putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole.
