Nabers Clears PUP, but the Giants' Receiver Room Is Still a Work in Progress

Malik Nabers avoided the physically unable to perform list as Giants training camp opened, which is the good news. He tore his ACL last season, appeared in just four games, and the fact that he's on the field at all this early is a meaningful step. Week 1 availability looks plausible, which matters considerably more than it might for another team.

It matters because behind him, the room is thin. Darnell Mooney is the only receiver who logged meaningful snaps last year, and Calvin Austin III and Jalin Hyatt are the next names on the depth chart — neither with much of a production trail to lean on. That's a short rotation for a team that needs its passing game to function. Last season, Wan'Dale Robinson carried the receiving corps with over 1,000 yards, and she's not currently showing up in the active depth chart picture the same way heading into camp.

The broader context here is that the Giants went 4–13 in 2025 and were genuinely competitive in more games than that record suggests — they just couldn't close. Getting Nabers healthy and onto the field for a full season is probably the single biggest variable in whether that changes. A healthy Nabers alongside Mooney gives Jaxson Dart, who's atop the quarterback depth chart heading into camp, something to work with. Without him, the math gets hard fast.