Giants WR Malik Nabers Expected to Avoid PUP List

Nabers on track to open camp off PUP

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers is expected to avoid the PUP list as he rehabs his right knee, a sign the recovery is trending in the right direction. There's still no firm return date, but New York is hopeful its top pass-catcher can suit up for the season opener against the Cowboys.

Avoiding PUP matters because it keeps Nabers on the practice field with his teammates rather than starting camp on the sideline. It's cautious optimism, not a clean bill of health — the timeline is still framed as a question, and the target is Week 1 rather than a lock.

The survivor-pick read on the Giants

For survivor purposes, this is a wait-and-see situation. A healthy Nabers raises New York's ceiling, but "expected to avoid PUP" and "cleared to play" are not the same thing, and the opener is against a division rival in the Cowboys — not the kind of matchup you build a survivor entry around when your best skill player is still working back from a knee injury. Until Nabers is confirmed to play and looking like himself, the Giants are a team to monitor, not a safe pick for the early weeks.

Keep this one on your watch list and check the practice reports as camp unfolds. If you're still setting up your bracket for the year, you can start a free survivor pool and lean on more survivor analysis to sort the safe picks from the risky ones before Week 1.