NFL news: Giants’ Malik Nabers pokes fun at own injury, fantasy football
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The NFL’s regular season is coming to an end soon, which means fantasy football seasons will end too.
But even though the season may be ending, fantasy football penalties are just beginning. A common punishment for the last-place finisher is that they have to spend 24 hours eating pancakes at a bar or an IHOP.
New York Giants star wide receiver Malik Nabers was drafted by many players in the first round, but the second-year wide receiver tore his ACL in Week 4. The Giants definitely missed him on the roster, as do many fantasy players whose teams look very different without Nabers.
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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) looks on before the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium on September 21, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
Nabers and IHOP partnered to make a hilarious commercial that pokes fun at his injury and its impact on fantasy football players.
“Every year, thousands of fantasy football leaguers have their bottom-place team spend 24 hours eating pancakes at IHOP,” Nabers said. he said.
A waiter then interrupted him and said: “Just like you helped out on everyone’s fantasy team this season?”
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New York Giants winger Malik Nabers (1) is carted off the field following an injury in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Chargers at MetLife Stadium on September 28, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
Nabers was eating pancakes with crutches next to him when a boy approached and asked the Giants star if it was really him.
After Nabers confirmed it was him, the boy shouted: “I wasted my first-round pick on you!”
The 22-year-old was on track to make his sophomore season look a lot like his rookie season. As a rookie, Nabers had 109 receptions for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns.
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Nabers broke the record for most catches ever by a rookie wide receiver. The former LSU star had 18 catches for 271 yards and two touchdowns in four games before tearing his ACL.
Fantasy owners who draft Nabers next season are hoping he can regain his form and avoid last place.
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