Malik Nabers has been carted off during the New York Giants game against the Los Angeles Chargers. During the second quarter of the encounter, the wide receiver caught a deep pass by quarterback Jaxson Dart, but didn’t stand up afterwards. Nabers stayed on the ground and started holding his right knee.
Immediately, the team decided to cart Malik Nabers off the field to evaluate him in the locker room. While the team hasn’t made any announcement about the player’s situation, it was clear that the injury was a non-contact one, and it seems unlikely that Nabers will return to the field today.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Nabers is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday to check if he tore his right ACL, which is the leading hypothesis right now.
Prayers up for Malik Nabers 🙏🏾
— Chad Johnson (@ochocinco) September 28, 2025
The situation caught the attention of former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson, better known as Chad OchoCinco. The former Cincinnati Bengals player took to X to write the following message:
“Prayers up for Malik Nabers 🙏🏾”
Nabers is in his second season in the NFL, having been drafted as the sixth overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. In his rookie season, he earned Pro Bowl and PFWA All-Rookie Team selections. The wide receiver made a name for himself playing at LSU at the college level, earning Unanimous All-American and First Team All-SEC honors in 2023.
Giants WR Malik Nabers has an MRI on Monday morning to determine if he tore his right ACL as is now believed, per source. pic.twitter.com/vMfHe1W1iz
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 28, 2025
At the time he left the field, Nabers was the team’s leading receiver with two catches for 20 yards.
Los Angeles Chargers’ LT Joe Alt leaves game against New York Giants with suspected ankle injury
The Giants weren’t the only ones to lose an important player in the first half of their Sunday game. Their opponents, the Los Angeles Chargers, were forced to cart off left tackle Joe Alt due to what seems like an ankle injury.
Chargers Tackle Joe Alt being carted to the locker room pic.twitter.com/O5AxSGrjEL
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) September 28, 2025
Alt was the fifth overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, and like Nabers, he was a PFWA All-Rookie Team selection for last year. The former Notre Dame player was the Chargers’ starting right tackle last year but was forced to move to left tackle during the preseason due to a season-ending injury to starting left tackle Rashawn Slater, who tore his patellar tendon in training camp. The team has announced that the offensive lineman is questionable to return to the game.
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