The Giants already were losing by the time the ball first went to Malik Nabers.
Anyone expecting Brian Daboll in his first game as play-caller and Daniel Jones in his first game of a now-or-never season to force the ball to Nabers in his first game as a highly touted rookie would’ve been surprised to see Sunday that he wasn’t targeted until the Giants’ 13th offensive snap.
He also had one of the team’s five drops, admitting, “I was trying to make a move before I caught it.” The Giants were concerned before using the No. 6 pick in the draft on Nabers about how he would react to not being involved early in the game. The biggest surprise was that the Giants — after advertising a downfield passing attack in training camp and the preseason — settled for short and medium throws even when the pocket was clean against a blitz-heavy Cover 2 defense.
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