Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers’s recovery from last season’s torn ACL reportedly included a second visit to an operating room.
Dan Duggan of TheAthletic.com reports that Nabers went for another surgery on his knee in order to remove scar tissue. Nabers, who initially had surgery in late October, had been experiencing stiffness in the knee prior to the operation.
Per the report, the operation took place “multiple weeks ago” and that the team has not altered its recovery timeline for the wide receiver.
Head coach John Harbaugh said in April that the team hopes to have Nabers on the field at some point during training camp and the larger hope is that he’ll be fully ready to go for the start of the season.
Quarterback Jaxson Dart has been in the building with new Giants head coach John Harbaugh for over a month now.
The young signal-caller is picking up what Harbaugh has been putting down when it comes to trying to set the tone for the upcoming season.
This week, Dart told Jordan Raanan of ESPN that each day, Harbaugh has been preaching how he’s expecting the Giants to be a physical and violent kind of team in 2026 and beyond.
“That’s the style he wants us to play at,” Dart said. “He has the right guys here for it and I just think that what he wants to do is what everybody on this team wants to be about. We’re hungry to win and I couldn’t think of a better coach to play for.”
Dart also noted his excitement for New York’s offense to enter the season healthy, after players like receiver Malik Nabers and running back Cam Skattebo weren’t about to finish the season due to injury.
“I just think we’re very versatile. I think it starts there,” Dart said of the offense, coordinated by Matt Nagy. “And then the other thing is, I just can’t wait for all my boys to be back healthy. I’m excited for the pieces we’ve brought in. They’re going to help us a ton. And we’re just going to be a physical, violent team. That goes on the offensive side of the ball, defensive side of the ball, and special teams.
“So, the boys and I can’t wait to get out there.”
In 14 appearances with 12 starts as a rookie, Dart completed 63.7 percent of his passes for 2,272 yards with 15 touchdowns and five interceptions. He also rushed for 487 yards with nine TDs.
Giants edge rusher Brian Burns said in mid-April that he did not want to play “this season or any other season” without Dexter Lawrence, but that didn’t stop the team from trading Lawrence to the Bengals a short time later.
Burns’s stance isn’t actually keeping him from taking part in the team’s preparations for the 2026 season, of course. He said on Tuesday that he was “just really going to bat for my teammate” and knows he will have to live with the new reality.
That new reality leaves Burns as the veteran leader of the defense and he said that he’s viewing that as a chance to make this his defense over the coming months.
“That’s how I’m kinda looking at it,’’ Burns said, via Paul Schwartz of the New York Post. “It’s kind of a nod to what I’ve done and the success that I’ve had, but I don’t take that lightly at all, and I’m very grateful for the opportunity.’’
That defensive shift is taking place alongside a larger shift for the organization in the wake of John Harbaugh’s arrival as head coach and the hope is that both contribute to the first winning season in a while for the NFC East club.
Cornerback Colton Hood has signed his rookie deal with the Giants.
Hood was a second-round pick last month and the team announced that he signed his four-year contract on Tuesday.
Five of the team’s seven picks from this year’s draft have now signed their contracts. First-round picks Arvell Reese and Francis Mauigoa are the two unsigned members of the rookie class.
Hood was projected by many to be a first-round pick and he was in attendance for the first night of the draft in Pittsburgh to watch as he went unselected. He had 50 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, an interception return for a touchdown, a fumble recovery for a touchdown and a forced fumble at Tennessee last season.
Former NFL quarterback Craig Morton, who led the Broncos to their first Super Bowl appearance, died on May 9 at his home in Mill Valley, California, the Broncos announced Monday. He was 83.
Morton, who spent six seasons with the Broncos from 1977-82, led Denver to its first playoff appearance and a berth in Super Bowl XII. The Broncos went 12-record in 1977 and had home playoff wins over the Steelers and Raiders before losing 27-10 to the Cowboys in the Super Bowl when Morton threw four interceptions against his former team.
For his performance during that 1977 regular season, Morton was named the AFC’s Offensive Player of the Year. He was also named the Sporting News Player of the Year, the PFWA Comeback Player of the Year and the NFL UPI MVP for the 1977 season.
In that AFC Championship Game win over the Raiders, Morton played through a hip injury that led to him spending days in the hospital ahead of the game.
During his Broncos career, Morton led the team to a pair of division titles and three playoff berths. He finished his career with the most passing yards (11,895), passing touchdowns (74), pass attempts (1,594) and completions (907) in franchise history to that point.
His 41 regular-season wins remain the third-most in franchise history.
Morton was inducted into the Broncos Ring of Fame in 1988, two years after his induction into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.
He began his career with the Cowboys as the fifth overall pick in 1965. He played in Dallas until 1974, and the Cowboys traded him to the Giants after he lost the starting job to Roger Staubach.
With the Cowboys, Morton threw for 10,279 yards and 80 touchdowns.
In his career, he threw for 183 touchdowns and 27,908 yards while winning 81 regular-season games.
