PHOENIX — The Giants open up their offseason workouts April 7 and wide receiver Malik Nabers, rehabbing from ACL surgery, has told the team he plans on attending the start of the voluntary program.
“It’s going to be great to see him next week,’’ general manager Joe Schoen said Monday from the NFL Annual League Meeting. “See him, let our doctors get our hands on him.’’
Nabers has been working out in Miami. When the Giants front office and scouting contingent last week was at the University of Miami’s pro day, assistant general manager Brandon Brown took the opportunity to have dinner with Nabers.
The feeling is Nabers will be ready to resume normal football activities well in advance of the start of the regular season.
“He is in great spirits,’’ Schoen said. “He feels good. Like I always say, we’ll see, as long as there’s not a setback, or whatever it may be, optimistic Week 1, he’ll be ready. Again, you just never tell with these things, and how they’re gonna react, or if there’s any setbacks, but he’s in a good spot right now, mentally and physically.’’
The Giants this past Friday got a look at RB Cam Skattebo, another player coming back from an injury and surgery that prematurely ended his 2025 season. Skattebo attended Arizona State’s pro day — he starred at the school — and Schoen said he saw Skattebo “jogging around, running, jumping on ex-teammates’ backs and stuff like that.’’ Skattebo suffered a dislocated ankle, fibula fracture and a ruptured deltoid ligament in a Week 8 loss in Philadelphia.
“He’s declaring himself, he’s ready to go,’’ Schoen said. “We’ll ease him back. Obviously we don’t play till September, but he’s in good headspace and physically as well.’’
Skattebo recently made headlines for bizarre comments on the “Bring the Juice’’ podcast saying that CTE head trauma and asthma were not real ailments. Skattebo later apologized, saying his remarks were “a lapse in judgment, which resulted in me making a tasteless joke.’’
The Giants have already spoken to Skattebo about all this.
“The more you talk, the more you’re gonna open yourself up to saying something where you could possibly offend somebody,’’ Schoen said. “There’s a fine line between letting them earn money off the field and have outside interests, and making sure that we’re smart in what we say, regardless if it’s in your free time or not, a representation of the organization, you have to keep that in mind.’’
John Harbaugh is getting a taste of the New York experience. He and his wife Ingrid had dinner at Keen’s Steakhouse on Feb. 21 and then took in the Knicks-Rockets game at Madison Square Garden. He received an ovation when he was shown on the jumbotron.
“It was amazing, the fans were awesome, it was unbelievable to walk into there and the number of Giants fans that were in there and they were yelling and screaming and going crazy and coming down and high-fiving,’’ Harbaugh said. “And I got to meet Spike Lee.’’
