Can the NY Giants Offense Produce Multiple 1,000-Yard Receivers in 2025?

After watching the remarkable debut that Malik Nabers put forth in his rookie season while having to catch passes from four different yet mediocre gunslingers, this question seems like a definitive one as he enters his second season with the Giants. 

Nabers’ full potential wasn’t even tapped into, as he missed two games due to being placed on the concussion protocol in the middle of the season. Still, he led the Giants’ arsenal with a rookie record 109 catches for 1,204 yards and seven touchdowns to net 80.3 yards per contest that no other receiver on the team came close to matching. 

With Nabers’ unique ability to run a full route tree, stretch the field, and make acrobatic catches on any ball that’s thrown within his large catch radius, it will remain the Giants' plan going into 2025 to ensure their No. 1 threat receives the football as many times as he can, and that will quickly pad his stats so long as he stays healthy. 

The only issue he needs to avoid is getting in the way of matching that first-year resume, which is his drops. Nabers finished tied for the third most drops (8) in the NFL and first among the 2024 class, but not all of those coughed-up balls were solely his fault; they were more a product of inconsistent throwing from the helm, which was rotating through bodies by the end of the regular season. 

Now that Russell Wilson is taking over the starting spot this season, there is little reason to believe that he and Nabers won’t maintain a cleaner connection that excels at all three levels of the field.

Wilson has made it known that he has watched film of his new receivers' games and should tap into his vertical ability with his staple moon balls, which helped him grade top five amongst quarterbacks for deep passing last season. 

The same goes for Darius Slayton, who was once the Giants’ most reliable receiver before Nabers’ arrival but who also had a down year (39 receptions, 573 yards, 2 TDs) due to the poor play under center that couldn’t match his ability to get open on crossing routes over the middle. 

As long as Wilson is more comfortable with attacking the defense in between the hashes, it’s going to help players like Slayton see more targets in that range and convert them into bigger plays that will juice his resume back into the 700+ yard form it’s held for four of his first six seasons as a pro. 

Slayton is also entering the season fresh off a three-year extension that will make him one of the highest-paid No. 2 receivers in the league based on annual value. He may not trounce Nabers in most categories next fall, but the new investment will demand the Giants offense be directed a lot more through his hands and be more diverse, leading to extra yardage and a shot at the 1,000 mark. 

If any players in the Giants huddle can do it with the new assembly of pieces that Brian Daboll has around him, it’s Nabers and Slayton, as they’ve both proven to be the franchise’s most trusted ballhawks regardless of the circumstances that are limiting the offense from year to year. 

The Giants have a tough schedule ahead of them, but it’ll certainly help that they have a new face at quarterback and a healthy offensive line that will offer better protection to let the unit develop past the simple short game that defined it last season. 

It just takes a good dose of luck in the injury department and the consistency that has long been missing from the team’s signal caller, which they hope will come quickly from Wilson. The Giants’ duo could then ascend to provide the team with a dynamic punch that shines on the league leaderboards.

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