Add The New York Post on Google Malik Nabers was very cryptic with reporters about his status for the Giants’ season opener against the Cowboys.
The star receiver, who could play for the first time since he tore his ACL and meniscus last September, dodged questions about whether he’ll be on the field for Sunday night’s game.
“What Harbs said,” Nabers said when asked if he was going to reveal whether he was playing, channeling his coach, John Harbaugh, who got testy with the media over questions about his star receiver.
“We can put a stop to all these questions,” Harbaugh said Wednesday. “Because I’m not going to tell you who is playing in the game. I’m not going to tell you who is starting. I’m not going to tell you what package we have in. I’m not going to tell you what plays we are running. I’m not going to tell you any of that. So we can have a great press conference, or we can make it uncomfortable.”
Nabers followed Harbaugh’s lead, but he made it clear who will determine whether he suits up.
“They’re leaving the decision up with me,” Nabers said.
One reporter posed the idea that Nabers and Harbaugh could be trying to keep the Cowboys in the dark by keeping the pass catcher’s status secret.
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers catches a pass during football practice on Thursday, September 10, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. Noah K. Murray-NY Post “By the look on my face, you feel like that’s what it is?” Nabers replied. “I don’t care who I play… I’ll let them know if I’m playing. I’ll let them not know if I’m playing. If you see me out there, you see me out there. If not, you don’t.”
“It’s my career, and it’s my body,” Nabers said. “If a pitch count is in the conversation, then I would lead that conversation. That decision would be on me.”
New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers answers questions from reporters during football practice on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. Noah K. Murray-NY Post Whether he takes the field or not, Nabers, who has practiced in full three times this week, made it clear that he’s been dying to get back out there since going down last fall.
“I’ve been wanting to play for so long now,” he said. “At the end of the day, I can’t put my career at risk. I got to take that into account. There’s a lot of football that I still have left to play.”
But on Thursday, he wasn’t ready to say whether that wait was coming to an end.
“I’ll let God tell me,” Nabers said.
