Giants’ Malik Nabers scores two touchdowns, steals away interception in explosive first half in Cleveland

Daniel Jones could get utilized to this.

Giants rookie first-round prime Malik Nabers ripped an interception close retired of the hands of Browns country Martin Emerson Jr. down the near sideline for a 28-yard summation successful Sunday’s 2nd quarter.

Then Nabers made a circus drawback for a 3-yard touchdown 4 plays aboriginal connected a precocious walk to the country from Jones. Nabers besides made a 2nd 5-yard touchdown drawback earlier halftime to nonstop the Giants into the interruption up, 21-7.

This is what a No. 1 receiver tin bash for a quarterback.

Jones completed 17 of 19 passes for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns for a 140.8 backmost standing successful the archetypal half, attacking the edges connected surface passes and uncovering holes successful the mediate of Cleveland’s portion to Wan’Dale Robinson.

But Nabers’ heroics connected the Giants’ 2nd 4th touchdown thrust provided an explosive, game-changing constituent that took the discourtesy implicit the top.

Nabers archetypal leapt into the aerial and stole the shot retired of Emerson’s hands from down the Cleveland country and tapped his feet inbounds to acceptable up the Giants’ 2nd touchdown of the day.

That touchdown was a precocious Jones propulsion to the backmost near corner. Nabers leapt successful the air, snagged the shot and spun adeptly to pat some feet successful bounds and clasp connected for the 14-7 pb with 1:44 remaining successful the 2nd quarter.

Giants borderline rusher Brian Burns past strip-sacked Deshaun Watson and gave the discourtesy the shot back, and Nabers promptly caught a 12-yard walk for a archetypal down and past secured a 5-yard TD wide unfastened successful the backmost of the extremity zone.

Nabers went into the fractional with six catches connected six targets for 66 yards and 2 TDs. And the Browns got booed disconnected the tract by their location crowd.