Malik Nabers initially questions Giants' selection of Arvell Reese with No. 5 overall pick
Nabers expressed his confusion about where the Ohio State product fits in New York's defense but later noted on social media that he's excited for Reese to join the team.
The New York Giants took an edge prospect with a top-five pick for the second year in a row and the third time in the past five drafts on Thursday night, and their top wide receiver appeared perplexed by the decision when it reached the podium in Pittsburgh. After the Giants used the first of their two top-10 picks on Arvell Reese , Malik Nabers voiced his confusion about New York’s selection of the Ohio State product with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft .
Nabers, whom the Giants took out of LSU with the sixth pick in the 2024 draft, clearly wanted his team to snag Reese’s Ohio State teammate, safety Caleb Downs. “Don't get me wrong, I love the player,” Nabers said of Reese on a Bleacher Report livestream . “But ...
where do you play? You want to be on the outside and rush, but we just drafted somebody last year to do that same position. ” Malik Nabers after the Giants drafted Arvell Reese, via @BleacherReport : "Don't get me wrong I love the player but like, where do you play?
You wanna be on the outside and rush but we just drafted somebody last year to do that same position. " pic. twitter.
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