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New York Giants news for Saturday
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Earlier this year, the NFL’s International Committee awarded the Giants marketing rights in Germany through the NFL’s Global Markets Program, the franchise’s first foray into the initiative that launched in 2022.
Broadly, the program grants franchises access to international audiences to allow them to try and build fan bases around the world. Previously, without marketing rights, teams were pretty much limited to branding a bar in a particular company as the “team pub.” Now, they can do so much more.
Can New York get Malik Nabers involved on a more consistent basis? The rookie WR seemed somewhat frustrated with the game plan against Washington. The Giants had some success running the ball in the first half, but one byproduct of this was that Nabers didn’t record a catch and was only targeted once.
After halftime, the Giants made a concerted effort to get him the ball and he ended up with nine catches, albeit that he didn’t really have any big plays and ended up with just 59 receiving yards. Surely it will be more effective for the Giants to keep Nabers involved throughout the game, so look for that to be the approach this week.
MUNICH — Malik Nabers knows exactly what he wants to do Sunday against the Panthers, in his first overseas game.
“I plan on doing some great things on Sunday,” Nabers said Friday after the Giants’ first and only practice in Germany during this trip, at Bayern Munich’s training center.
“I think it’s natural for him to get a little frustrated as a player, given the team and where we are right now at this point,’’ Cruz said. “But I think he has to understand it takes time, it takes time to gel, it takes timing for him to be around the right staff and the right team and the right situation and I think he is....I think this offense is geared around him, which is a blessing for him coming in and I think they need to figure out ways to get him the ball as many ways as possible without...
