Can NY Giants rookie WR Malachi Fields emerge as a draft-day steal?

New York Giants wide receiver Malachi Fields at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine. | Getty Images Opportunities abound for the New York Giants as they start the next phase of their off-season program. The Giants are holding their first round of Organized Team Activities (OTAs) in advance of Memorial Day, and it’s an opportunity for the Giants’ rookies to start establishing themselves before training camp.

There’s hope that rookie receiver Malachi Fields can take advantage of his opportunity with Malik Nabers rehabbing his surgically repaired knee. Fields isn’t the same kind of receiver that Nabers is, but the hope is that he can be the kind of physical presence the Giants haven’t enjoyed since Hakeem Nicks’ prime. The Giants clearly believe that he can emerge as a draft steal early in his career.

The Giants traded back into the third round, sacrificing two fourth-round picks and a fifth-round pick in the trade. After the draft, Giants’ assistant GM Brandon Brown said that the team believes Fields plays much faster than he times, and cited their A. I.

tools as suggesting his actual game speed as being in the 4. 4-second range. Greg Cosell of NFL Films fame agrees with the Giants’ assessment.