Giants' Malik Nabers carted off against Chargers with knee injury
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers was carted from the field with an injured right knee in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
Jaxson Dart, making his first NFL start, launched a deep pass down the right sideline — a free play after the Chargers’ Troy Dye jumped offside — toward a streaking Nabers. The wide receiver’s right leg appeared to buckle as he went up to try to catch the pass, which fell incomplete.
How Malik Nabers got hurt: pic.twitter.com/XkQWqb7L8G
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Nabers, down at the Chargers 7 with 6 minutes, 12 seconds left before halftime, immediately grabbed at his right leg and was clearly in pain. Trainers rushed out to attend to Nabers, who was on the receiving end of Dart’s first NFL completion earlier in the game.
Several of Nabers’ Giants teammates, including benched quarterback Russell Wilson, surrounded him before he was lifted onto the cart. Nabers had his hands over his head as the cart sped away, but he then raised his right arm to acknowledge the Giants fans cheering for him.
The team ruled Nabers out for the rest of the game in the third quarter. The exact nature of the injury was not immediately known, but ESPN reported the teams fears a torn ACL.
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