Malik Nabers tearing every muscle off the bone, down for the season, hurts. 109 catches for 1,204 yards and 7 touchdowns in 15 games last season. The most talented employee on the payroll. Gone until September. Ow.
But the New York Giants have an even bigger challenge to overcome Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (hamstring) is not expected to play Thursday vs. Eagles, per sources.
Hamstring on a short week is tough. Will be out barring surprising uptick.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) October 8, 2025
Darius Slayton was crucial this past Sunday.
2. Darius Slayton is a loser
A huge drop down the field, ball hitting him right on the gloves, and a fumble attempting to extend for a first down, Darius Slayton’s America’s Funniest Home Video audition tape lost the game. 7 years in, all Slayton knows how to do is lose. pic.twitter.com/hjQZQSlmSE
— Dead Serious (@Deadseriousness) October 6, 2025
Darius Slayton just SOLD Dart
How do you even drop this pass 😭😭pic.twitter.com/AD8K0jEBDI
— Playoff Sports (@PlayoffSports_) October 5, 2025
New Orleans couldn’t have won without Darius’s drop and fumble, smashing the e-brake on the Giants momentum; creating a chasm, ripping the tether of competency, wreckage, ruin—artifacts of a professional football club.
Knives down, The Simpsons doesn’t work without Krusty the Clown. A Krusty-centric episode, once a season, fun Sunday night. If every episode is about Krusty—show’s trash.
Darius Slayton is crucial to the Giants offense. Always has been.
Slayton’s led the Giants in receiving 4 of the last 6 seasons.
The Giants were 25-40-1 in those 4 Darius Slayton-leading seasons.
Brief glimpses of otherwordly toughness, strength, poise, clutch, spirit, life, do not make up for—despite leading his team 4 times—never having a season with more than 750+ receiving yards. Double-digit touchdowns zero times.
Darius Slayton, always in the right spot, doing the wrong thing.
And the Giants have relied on him 6. Straight. Years.
If you’re dating 5 people at once and Darius is the hottest on your roster then what type of weird-faced psychopaths are the other 4?
Grand canyon-sized gap between Slayton and Malik Nabers.
Both players out Thursday, Jaxson Dart has to teach an elephant to fly.
Odell Beckham Jr, Suspended on His Day Off
Maybe the Giants cut reunite with 3-time All-Pro receiver Odell Beckham Jr.
From @theathletic.com: Former All-Pro wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. revealed he has accepted a six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Nvm.
Odell Beckham Jr, cut from the Miami Dolphins last season, 9 catches in 9 games, in practice nervously sorting a stack of loose papers on his desk as his supervisor walks past his office, pretending to look busy; announced on the Pivot Podcast—a show where Ryan Clark speaks softly so the audience can recognize his thoughtful insights—he’s accepting a 6-game suspension from the NFL following a failed PED test with Miami.
Beckham claims the NFL found a spike in his testosterone because he was suffering from Low-T and took supplements to bring him back to normal.
I want to be clear, he’s lying, like, in the middle of an NFL season, Odell was not Joe Rogan just casually checking his testosterone levels of a random whim. Realistically, Odell, riddled with injuries, took drugs to help expedite his recovery. Who cares? Injured athletes should be encouraged to take medicine capable of returning them to the field sooner. Imagine suffering a flu, keeping you away from your income, only to be fired for taking Moltrin.
Anyway, Odell Beckham is no longer available for the Giants. His career is most likely over. Injuries and a bad reputation removed OBJ from any NFL team’s radar.
I hope he saved his money.
Who is Jaxson Dart throwing to?
Shout out Wan’Dale Robinson. In another life, Sean McVay is generating 100+ catches and 1,100 yards out of the slot. In this reality, screen plays, timid blocking, no yardage.
Unless Wan’Dale has the greatest game any Giants receiver has ever had, Jaxson Dart will need more help.
Let’s run through the options:
1. Theo Johnson/Daniel Bellinger: Travis Kelce, the most retired active player in NFL history, led the Chiefs in receiving when they played the Eagles Week 2. Tight ends have had a little success against the Eagles this season. Perfect for Jaxson Dart. Last week, Daniel Bellinger led the Giants in receiving. Theo Johnson leads the team in touchdown passes, all from Jaxson Dart.
Theo Johnson and Daniel Bellinger better have a million reps on the jug machine this week.
2. Lil’Jordan Humphrey: The 2019 undrafted rookie receiver has tried his best to establish an NFL career. The last two seasons, the Denver Broncos allowed him to be their 4th receiver. He was fine.
Jaxson Dart DEEP Touchdown to Lil’Jordan Humphrey! His 1st! pic.twitter.com/6fApMyaA3f
— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) August 9, 2025
Perhaps Lil’Jordan can be their X-factor. I’d personally love to talk more about a guy named Lil’Jordan.
3. Just lose: Running through the list of receivers on losing teams, before realizing the Giants, too, are losing teams. They live in a closet under the stairs. No need to purchase patio furniture.
If anything, the Giants should kneel every play, in protest, remove this coaching staff.
The New York Giants are 1-4. The Eagles are Super Bowl contenders and the Giants are social distancing from competing. I know Giants fans wish the team signed a receiver after the Nabers injury two games ago, but like, for what? To lose better?
Brian Daboll is a loser. If losing more games means he’s out of the building. Just lose.
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