Malik Nabers stands by his critical comments as New York Giants suffer another blow

The New York Giants person been 1 of the biggest disappointments successful the NFL this play - and things went from atrocious to worse successful Sunday's decision to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Malik Nabers, the prima rookie wide receiver for the New York Giants, has expressed his vexation following the team's defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

New York's NFL play grounds fell to 2-9 aft a crushing 30-7 nonaccomplishment astatine MetLife Stadium successful their archetypal crippled since backmost Daniel Jones was fto spell by the team. The determination to beforehand backup Tommy DeVito and demote Jones from starter to efficaciously fourth-string led to Jones requesting his merchandise and caused hostility successful the locker room.

The decision connected Sunday lone exacerbated the situation, with Nabers criticising caput manager Brian Daboll and the play-calling. Despite being the No. 6 wide prime and having an awesome debut twelvemonth with 671 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns successful 9 games, the 21-year-old was hardly progressive successful Sunday's crippled until it was fundamentally over, with the Bucs starring 23-0 astatine half-time.

Nabers ended the crippled with six catches for 64 yards and expressed his disappointment successful the locker room. "I'm bushed of going retired determination and losing," helium said.

"It's conscionable that. First, 2nd quarter, I don't get the ball. Start getting targets astatine the end. I mean, I can't bash anything. Start getting the shot erstwhile it's 30-0. What bash you privation maine to do? Talk to [Daboll] astir that [the deficiency of targets]. They travel up to maine and inquire maine what plays I privation and that was that. I don't know."

After taking immoderate clip to reflect, Nabers, the ex-LSU star, has expressed a privation to person chosen his words much cautiously pursuing his caller outburst. "If I had an accidental to spell backmost and alteration the words that I said, I would," helium said connected Tuesday.

"But I inactive basal connected what I said. I said it. I don't person nary regrets with what I said. But, aft looking astatine the film, we conscionable lacked technique."

On Sunday, Nabers had elaborated connected the value of receiving aboriginal passes successful a game, explaining: "It's conscionable a start. If you commencement aboriginal connected successful a game, it's similar your body's not ready. Your assemblage hasn't been... You travel into the crippled prepared, right? If you instrumentality 1 4th off, 2 quarters off, your assemblage conscionable starts lacking

"It's similar you don't adjacent privation to play nary more. I'm not saying that's however I feel. I'm conscionable saying that's your body. You're not getting progressive aboriginal past you're not getting the consciousness of the ball, you're not getting hit. After shot plays arsenic an offense, aft you get hit, you're like, 'All right, I'm acceptable to go.' So, that's however I feel.

"I haven't been feeling that mode successful the archetypal oregon 2nd quarter. So, I get successful the 3rd 4th and I'm not arsenic energetic arsenic I was before. That's each I was saying. I request to get the shot aboriginal truthful I tin marque a alteration connected the crippled aboriginal connected alternatively of conscionable aboriginal connected successful the game. That's each it truly was."

The Giants are gearing up for their adjacent situation arsenic they caput to AT&T Stadium for a Thanksgiving showdown against the Dallas Cowboys, who presently clasp a 4-7 record.