Giants rookie minicamp takeaways: Malik Nabers already flashing skills, competitive fire<\/h1>\n\n![\"East](\"https:\/\/cdn.theathletic.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=1920%2cformat=auto%2cquality=75\/https:\/\/cdn.theathletic.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/05\/11163127\/USATSI_23237396-scaled-e1715459509962-1024x683.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nBy Charlotte Carroll<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\nMay 11, 2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n52<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. \u2014 Malik Nabers<\/a>is already finding a part of New York Giants<\/a>practice \u201chard.\u201d<\/p>\nIt wasn\u2019t a particular drill, nor was it the weightlifting expectations that made this weekend\u2019s rookie minicamp challenging for the Giants\u2019 No. 6 pick. It was the directive to take it easy and not do everything, which Nabers heard from his new wide receivers coach, Mike Groh.<\/p>\n
\u201cCoach Groh told me I wasn\u2019t going to be participating in everything, and I (asked) him why,\u201d Nabers said. \u201cThat competitiveness in me is always going to show.\u201d<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the spirit the Giants are looking for from the player they hope will quickly emerge as their top wide receiver.<\/p>\n
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But this weekend wasn\u2019t about going full bore. Rookie minicamp is supposed to serve as an introduction for Nabers, as well as the Giants\u2019 five other draft picks, their undrafted free-agent signings<\/a> and camp invites. Giants newcomers had meetings over the three-day stretch and saw the field for about an hour Friday and Saturday, participating in some individual drills and a little seven-on-seven.<\/p>\nIn the limited showing, Nabers impressed in his receiver drills, then spent some time working with Groh and talking with head coach Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n52<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. \u2014 Malik Nabers<\/a>is already finding a part of New York Giants<\/a>practice \u201chard.\u201d<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t a particular drill, nor was it the weightlifting expectations that made this weekend\u2019s rookie minicamp challenging for the Giants\u2019 No. 6 pick. It was the directive to take it easy and not do everything, which Nabers heard from his new wide receivers coach, Mike Groh.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Groh told me I wasn\u2019t going to be participating in everything, and I (asked) him why,\u201d Nabers said. \u201cThat competitiveness in me is always going to show.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s the spirit the Giants are looking for from the player they hope will quickly emerge as their top wide receiver.<\/p>\n GO DEEPER<\/p>\n Meet the Giants UDFAs: An Irish kicker, a competitive ‘freak’ and the next Tommy DeVito?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But this weekend wasn\u2019t about going full bore. Rookie minicamp is supposed to serve as an introduction for Nabers, as well as the Giants\u2019 five other draft picks, their undrafted free-agent signings<\/a> and camp invites. Giants newcomers had meetings over the three-day stretch and saw the field for about an hour Friday and Saturday, participating in some individual drills and a little seven-on-seven.<\/p>\n In the limited showing, Nabers impressed in his receiver drills, then spent some time working with Groh and talking with head coach Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n
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