Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is wearing a red practice jersey, meaning he is injured and should not be touched. That apparently doesn’t mean Nabers can’t lay a lick on a “defensive back.”
Nabers, who is rehabbing from last season’s torn ACL, inadvertently hit Giants wide receivers coach Chad Hall in the face with his helmet during an individual drill.
“We have a rule that everybody respects the red jersey for Malik, obviously,” coach John Harbaugh said Thursday. “In individual, Chad was [working as a] DB, and Malik was releasing off of Chad. Somehow, they crossed signals on which way they were going. Malik went to punch his way through, arm over, and caught Chad right in the face. Chad Hall took stitches on the field. Tough dude.”
The collision left Hall with a bloodied mouth and lip.
He not only received stitches on the sideline, so he could continue coaching in practice, Hall also did his media availability after practice.
“The Novocaine’s wearing off a little bit,” Hall said, via Art Stapleton of northjersey.com.
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The Giants have announced a series of transactions on Thursday.
New York has signed defensive backs Ugochukwu Amadi and Sam Webb.
Amadi spent the last three seasons with the Saints, appearing in 35 games over that span. In 2025, he played seven games, playing almost exclusively on special teams.
Webb appeared in seven games with two starts for the Browns in 2025, registering eight tackles, one pass defensed, and one fumble recovery.
As corresponding moves, the Giants released defensive back David Long and waived defensive back DJ James with an injury designation.
Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is nearing the next step in his return from last season’s torn ACL.
Nabers has been practicing regularly at training camp, but hasn’t done any team drills so far this summer. On Wednesday, head coach John Harbaugh said that a move to full practice participation could come after the team’s preseason opener this weekend.
“Yeah, he’s kind of exactly where he’s been,” Harbaugh said, via a transcript from the team. “And we’re looking towards soon ramping him up into some group periods and perhaps some team periods. Maybe next week, we’ll see. He’s doing great. He’s working hard. Spirits are high. And yeah, we’ll see where we’re at next week.”
A smooth transition to team work would leave Nabers with little left to check off on his comeback to-do list other than play in a game. That’s unlikely to happen until Week 1 against the Cowboys, but having him on the field for that game would make for a happy end to his long rehab process.
A year after he ended his retirement to play for the Dolphins, veteran tight end Darren Waller is heading to Carolina.
Via Adam Schefter of ESPN, Waller has agreed to terms on a one-year deal.
A sixth-round pick of the Ravens in 2015, Waller became a Pro Bowler with the Raiders in 2020.
Traded to the Giants in 2023, he retired after his first season in New York. He joined the Dolphins last year.
Waller, 33, has a pair of 1,100-yard seasons, both with the Raiders. In 2025, he caught 24 passes for 283 yards and six touchdowns in nine games with the Dolphins.
The Panthers currently have five tight ends on the roster: Tommy Tremble, Ja’Tavion Sanders, Caden Prieskorn, James Mitchell, and Feleipe Franks.
Panthers associate head coach and offensive specialist Darrell Bevell worked with Waller last year in Miami, where Bevell served as the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator.
Cornerback Terrion Arnold has been making the rounds of NFL teams in hopes of landing a job ahead of the 2026 season and he made a stop with the Giants on Wednesday.
Arnold is a free agent two years after the Lions drafted him in the first round because he was arrested on armed robbery and kidnapping charges earlier this year. In a press conference, head coach John Harbaugh explained why the team is exploring the possibility of signing the cornerback.
“We want to be aggressive in every way, whatever we can do, find anything out we can about any situation or player that can help us be better,” Harbaugh said, via SNY. “The margins are tight in the NFL. . . . .We’re looking for players that can help us all the time. He’s a player that can help us.”
Harbaugh then said he knows there will be more questions about Arnold’s legal status and said “the organization has looked at it in depth.”
“The organization has looked at it in depth,” Harbaugh said. “If there is a decision to be made on any player that you don’t want to go there with, then this organization won’t go there.”
Signing Arnold before the legal process plays out could lead to him being placed on paid leave before he can do anything to help the team on the field, which is another factor the Giants and any other team considering Arnold will have to keep in mind as they decide whether or not to move forward with a deal at this point.
Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. will play his first game in more than two years on Saturday.
Coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday that Beckham will play in the Giants’ preseason game against the Vikings.
Beckham, who is third string on the Giants’ depth chart, saw his last game action on Jan. 28, 2024, in a postseason game with Baltimore. He played his last game with the Giants, the team that drafted him, on Dec. 2, 2018.
The three-time Pro Bowler has played only 23 games over the past four seasons, totaling 44 receptions for 620 yards and three touchdowns.
Harbaugh said he would dodge the question about whether Jaxson Dart will start against the Vikings.
The second episode of Hard Knocks featuring the Seahawks (which was grossly overhyped as potentially the best episode in series history) included multiple references to the team’s recent workout of former Lions first-round cornerback Terrion Arnold.
There was no mention of the specific extent of the off-field problem Arnold is facing — life in prison for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping.
The show included a conversation between G.M. John Schneider and assistant G.M. Joey Schneider. In discussing the potential ramifications of signing Arnold, they danced around the allegations, calling it an “outstanding thing.” John Schneider openly wondered about similar situations that may have arisen in the past.
During a conversation between John Schneider and coach Mike Macdonald, the G.M. said he spoke to former Alabama teammate Jalen Milroe about Arnold. Per Schneider, Milroe said “this place would be awesome for” Arnold.
John Schneider also said of Arnold, “Joey thinks he is going to be able to play in the preseason.”
That’s a coin toss at best, in our view. Given the gravity of the pending charges, the NFL’s first move if/when Arnold is signed could be to put him on the Commissioner Exempt list.
The episode concluded with footage of Arnold’s workout, under this narration from Liev Schreiber: “Mike Macdonald has questions. Will Arnold make the team better? And equally important, does he understand the culture and what Seattle is building?”
The far more important question is whether the Seahawks will ultimately end up paying Arnold to not play, if he’s signed and then promptly placed on paid leave until his criminal case is resolved.
With new ownership arriving soon (the vote on Vinod Khosla’s bid is set for August 26), it’s hardly an ideal time for the coaching staff and the front office to have the first impression consist of an unforced error.
The Giants released their first depth chart of the summer on Wednesday and it provides a view of how Odell Beckham Jr.'s bid to make the team is shaping up.
Beckham is listed on the third string along with three other wideouts. Reports from camp last week had Beckham, who did not play at all in 2025, getting reps with the first team, but it will be hard for a player who doesn’t play on special teams to make the cut from his current spot on the depth chart.
Darius Slayton is listed as a starter along with Malik Nabers with Calvin Austin, Darnell Mooney and Jalin Hyatt on the second rung. Hyatt’s placement is a bit surprising based on how reports from camp about how the receiver reps are doled out. Isaiah Hodgins, Dalen Cambre, and rookie Malachi Fields join Beckham on the third string with JuJu Smith-Schuster and Braxton Berrios on the fourth row. Berrios is also listed as the top punt returner.
Teams stress the unofficial nature of these depth charts, so the way they line up in preseason games may prove to be more telling about how things will play out for the Giants. Their first game is Saturday against the Vikings.
Free agent cornerback Terrion Arnold has made the rounds since the Lions cut him on June 29.
The Giants are the latest team to conduct due diligence, welcoming Arnold to their team facility on Wednesday, according to Jordan Schultz of The Schultz Report.
Arnold was in Seattle on Sunday and New Orleans on Tuesday after previously visiting the Texans.
The Colts and Jets also have shown interest.
Arnold is scheduled for his arraignment hearing later this week.
The third-year player faces four felony counts each of armed robbery and kidnapping after his June 24 arrest in Florida. A conviction could bring a life sentence.
The Lions drafted Arnold in the first round in 2024, and he played 24 games with 22 starts in two seasons. He has totaled 91 tackles, an interception and 18 pass breakups.
Practicing sliding is something that’s usually associated with baseball, but it was a highlight for the football Giants at their training camp practice on Monday.
The promise that quarterback Jaxson Dart showed last year was tempered by the five times he had to leave games to be checked for concussions after taking big hits. Head coach John Harbaugh has stressed the need for more self-preservation since taking the job in January and those lessons seem to be taking hold.
Dart slid inbounds to end a run during a situational drill and he got a cheer from the Giants defense when he went down.
“Yeah, we’ve been begging him to do that for a while now, so I’m glad that he’s starting to practice it,” defensive end Brian Burns said, via a transcript from the team.
Harbaugh had a similar reaction to the quarterback’s decision.
“I did. I clapped. I applauded,” Harbaugh said. “I applauded when he did that. It was great. Critical situation drill. We were trying to get a third or fourth down, but mostly third down, like anywhere from three to five in a drive in a game where the offense can win the game in the fourth quarter with a conversion. So, play calls and execution to get that first down, that was what that was. So, we had a great play. He came open. He ran around the corner, got the first down, slid inbounds, kept the clock running. All those things were well done.”
Dart’s ability as a runner mean it will be a fine line between making plays when needed and making sure he’s available for the next snap, but it is one he’ll have to walk to continue progressing as a quarterback in Year 2.
