The New York Giants didn’t have much to root for last year, but they might in 2025. Malik Nabers is a star. He’s the kind of wide receiver who resets the expectations for an entire offense, one of the few players in the league who doesn’t need ideal conditions to make something out of nothing.
That should make everything easier going forward. It should anchor the rebuild. But the scary part isn’t what he’s already done or going to do... it’s what he might not ever get to do.
NFL.com’s Tom Blair put it best in his NFC list of players to root for in 2025:
“I tried to focus on what I’m rooting for when selecting players for this piece, but in making a case for Nabers, I’m flipping the formula.