I Pray Malik Nabers is Patient

2004 was the first season I remember being a New York Giants fan. I paid attention a little the season prior. Jim Fassel was fired after going 58-53-1 in 7 seasons as the head coach.

Michael Strahan had 18.5 sacks in 2003.

Kerry Collins split time as starting QB with the current host of The Bachelor.

Tiki Barber was fumbling the ball every game and being an overall weirdo. I still have my Jeremy Shockey jersey.

The Giants hired Tom Coughlin, drafted Eli Manning and my obsession began.

So I was hyped the following offseason when Plaxico Burress agreed to join the mission, Together, Eli and Plaxico had an instant connection and almost won a Super Bowl together if the safety was on.

I mean, everyone else on the Giants were there on Sunday to win the 2007 Super Bowl but Plax was preparing for physical therapy in the morning.

Odell Beckham Jr was supposed to restore the feeling but, by that point, Eli’s arm was deep-fried. It helped Odell become a star though. Having to make ridiculous one-handed catches because Eli was closing his eyes and flinging it nowhere near him turned Odell into one of the most popular players in the NFL.

Unless you listened to local sports radio where middle-aged Italian men, nervous about their wives’ sudden interest in their job, wanted Odell tarred and feathered on Broadway.

Going into the 2024 NFL Draft with the no. 7 pick, the Giants had the chance to select an offensive lineman to sure up a position group responsible for allowing the most sacks last season. Giants quarterbacks were sacked 20 MORE TIMES than the 2nd team behind them. Whenever Daniel Jones snapped the ball, he was surrounded by folks in different jerseys who did not have his best interest in mind.

JJ McCarthy, Bo Nix and Michael Penix were all on the board in case New York wanted to transition out of the Daniel Jones era considering Jones has more visits to the spine specialist than you’d prefer from your franchise QB.

Oh and he went from a self-destructive addiction to giving the football to the other team to then being so terrified of making mistakes, he refused to allow routes to develop downfield and would check down to not succumb to his compulsion to turn it over.

Instead, a generational talent fell into their lap and the Giants drafted wide receiver, Malik Nabers, out of LSU.

Giants WR Malik Nabers highlights. My life is good. pic.twitter.com/a25VyiCKdg

— Bobby Skinner (@BobbySkinner_) April 26, 2024

Malik Nabors has the potential to be more electrifying than Plaxico Burress and Odell Beckham Jr ever were—I pray he has the patience to deal with the clusterfuck in that quarterback room consisting of Daniel Jones, Drew Lock, and Tommy DeVito.

Daniel Jones had the best season in his career, coincidentally happened to be the best season of Saquon Barkley’s career—who is now playing up the highway in Philadelphia. The Giants current RB1, Devin Singletary, has never had a season of more than 900 yards rushing.

Drew Lock is on his 3rd team in 5 years. I’m sure if he gets the starting job, I will convince myself this is a good thing. He’s learned the game from so many different coaches and has so much experience. I will become a proud liar.

Tommy DeVito is an influencer.

Malik Nabers is in hell.

And he just made a $10,000 bet with his LSU quarterback and Commanders first-round pick, Jayden Daniels, to see which one will win Rookie of the Year. Nabers will already be thoroughly disappointed and frustrated with his QBs and now that he has money on the line, I fear he’ll follow in his fellow LSU alum’s footsteps and turn into Odell 2.0.

Drafting Nabers will either revitalize Daniel Jones, unlocking a level of his game we’ve never seen, considering the most consistently good receiver he’s ever thrown to is Darius fucking Slayton.

It’ll be a chaotic 2024 season, dominated by drama, ending in a lot of guys updating their LinkedIn pages.

I pray Malik Nabers is a laid-back young man who knows he has a long career ahead of him. Also pray the Giants don’t stink all season only to draft Coach Prime’s son and create a whole new cycle of nonsense.

LORD ANSWER MY PRAYERS.

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