Giants WR Malik Nabers Declared Out for Sunday; P Jamie Gillan Lands on Injury Report

Gillan's landing on the injury report is a surprise.

East Rutherford, NJ -- August 24, 2024 -- Jamie Gillan of the Giants before the game. The New York Giants and New York Jets meet at MetLife Stadium in both teams' final preseason game of the 2024 season. / Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK

New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers (concussion) will miss his second straight game after his progress made in the protocol was dialed back a bit this week.

“He'll be doing stuff out on the field,” head coach Brian Daboll told the media before Friday’s practice. “More like he was doing the last two days. He won't make it.”

Nabers appeared to be progressing through the protocol as of Wednesday when he was doing work outside on the field with a trainer. However, the team immediately dialed his activity back and he missed his second straight week of practice while still recovering from the blow to the head he took in the Week 4 game against Dallas.

“We're still, obviously, we're making progress but again, that's never anything you want to rush,” Daboll said. 

DAboll wouldn’t go into detail regarding any lingering symptoms the receiver is experiencing, While he did acknowledge that Nabers was knocked unconscious for a bit on the hit he took, he declined to go into additional details.

 Daboll also declined to say if he had any issues with Nabers showing up at the Travis Scott concert held Wednesday night at MetLife Stadium, but, despite admitting that the receiver didn’t violate any protocol, Daboll’s body language revealed he wasn’t too happy with Nabers’s decision..

Brian Daboll is asked if he had a problem with Malik Nabers attending Travis Scott's concert at MetLife Stadium earlier this week:

"I'll keep that in house" pic.twitter.com/sBY2QrQwGz

— Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) October 11, 2024

In other injury news, Daboll said a decision would be made regarding outside linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and injured reserve. Thibodeaux had surgery on his wrist Wednesday morning to repair a fractured scaphoid bone and is “week to week,” per Daboll. However, Thibodeaux could miss a minimum of four weeks, depending on how quickly the bone heals.

Punter Jamie Gillan showed up on the Friday injury report, listed with a left hamstring strain, which is to his kicking leg. Gilian is one of three players to receive a “questionable” designation (receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton and running back Devin Singletary being the other two).

The Giants, perhaps having learned their lesson back in Week 2 when they didn’t address adding a kicker to the roster after Graham Gano showed up on the injury report with a groin issue, will more than likely look to add an emergency punter to their 53-man roster, the opening potentially coming if they put Thibodeaux on injured reserve.

Besides potentially losing Gillan’s punting, which was solid, he is the team’s holder on field goal and PATs, which makes his looming inactivity even bigger.  

New York Giants Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Status
Kayvon Thibodeaux	OLB	Wrist	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Devin Singletary	RB	Groin	Limited	Limited	Limited	Questionable
Jon Runyan, Jr	OG	Illness	DNP	DNP	Limited	--
Greg Van Roten	OG	NIR/Veteran's Rest Day	DNP	Full	Full	--
Malik Nabers	WR	Concussion	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Brian Burns	OLB	Groin	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Dru Phillips	CB	Calf/shoulder	Limited	Limited	Limited	--
Adoree' Jackson	CB	Calf	Limited	Limited	Full	--
Bryce Ford-Wheaton	WR	Shoulder	--	DNP	Limited	Questionable
D.J. Davidson	DT	Shoulder	--	Limited	Full	--
Jamie Gillan	P	Left Hamstring	--	--	DNP	Questionable
Ty Summers	LB	Hamstring	--	--	Limited	--

Cincinnati Bengals Injury Report

Player	Pos	Injury	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Status
Joe Burrow	QB	Right Wrist	Full	Full	Full	Questionable
Chase Brown	HB	Quadricep	--	Limited	Limited	--
Mike Hilton	CB	Knee	Full	Full	Full	Questionable
DJ Ivey*	CB	Knee	Full	Full	Full	Doutful
Mike Gesicki	TE	Hamstring	DNP	Limited	Full	--
Kris Jenkins Jr.	DT	Thumb	Full	Full	Full	--
Sheldon Rankins	DT	Hamstring	Limited	Limited	Full	--
Amarius Mims	OT	Calf	Full	Full	Full	--
Zack Moss	RB	Foot	DNP	Limited	Full	--
Joseph Ossai	DE	Shoulder	Limited	Limited	Full	--

* Designated to return from injured reserve.

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