New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

Giants' Malik Nabers makes NFL history in first half vs. Cowboys

By Austen Bundy | Last updated Nov 28, 2024 7:06 PM ET

Despite some key dropped passes and a three-point halftime deficit, the New York Giants didn't play a terrible first half of football on Thanksgiving.

Rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers had five catches for 39 yards in the first half against the Dallas Cowboys and broke an NFL record in the process.

With his 72nd career catch, he passed New York legend Odell Beckham Jr. for the most through a player's first 10 games (71), according to Jordan Raanan of ESPN.

With his fifth catch of the game, Malik Nabers just set the NFL record with his 72nd catch through 10 games. Still a half left to add to that.

Nabers passed ... Odell Beckham Jr. who had 71 through 10 games in 2014. #Giants #Cowboys #NFL
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) November 28, 2024

What makes that even more impressive is Nabers did it with a myriad of different quarterbacks.

He started the season with Daniel Jones, who was waived and signed with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday, then third-stringer Tommy DeVito in Week 12 and now backup Drew Lock on Thursday.

The record-setting performance comes just a week after he publicly criticized head coach Brian Daboll for not targeting him enough in a 30-7 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The two appear to have patched things up, and a healthy dose of targets went his way early (eight to be exact).

The Giants have not won a game against Dallas since 2021 and have lost 14 of the last 15 meetings.

New York (2-9) is playing for Daboll's job, it seems, with locker room frustrations appearing to hit a fever pitch in the wake of Nabers' comments and Jones' release.

The next question becomes, will the franchise turn things around in time to not repeat a wasteful situation with a talented player such as Nabers?

Austen Bundy

Austen Bundy is a journalist and sports junkie from the Washington, D. C. area

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