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Malik Nabers

New York Giants#12 yrs expLSU72 · 200 lb
82Form
85Established
High-end starter#42 of 144 wide receivers
Games17last 17
Targets1679.8 a game
Catches10160% caught
Yards124773 a game
TDs8
Skill profile · last 17 games · vs 144 wide receivers

Elite volume, less so efficiency

Each axis is a percentile against every qualified wide receiver over the same window. The dashed white shape is the position average; the gold ring marks elite (90th percentile).

Volume: 98th percentileDepth: 42th percentileSeparation: 53th percentileAfter the catch: 63th percentileHands: 89th percentileEfficiency: 40th percentileVolume98thDepth42ndSeparation53rdAfter the catch63rdHands89thEfficiency40th
NabersPosition averageElite, 90th
VolumeEliteshare of team targets
30.0%98th pct
Depthavg depth of target
10.9 yd42nd pct
Separationyards of separation at the catch
2.81 yd53rd pct
After the catchYAC over expected per catch
+0.6 yd63rd pct
HandsAbove avgdrop rate
1.2% drops89th pct
EfficiencyEPA per target
+0.1440th pct
F&D score · current form, last 17 games

82: high-end starter

One number for how well Nabers has actually played lately, not a talent rating. 70% is the skill profile, weighted towards efficiency; the rest is how steady his games are and whether he still produces against the better defences. Ranked against every qualified wide receiver; 99 is the best. Over the last three seasons he scores 85 (#29 of 121).

Contributionthe skill profile, efficiency-weighted
62
Consistencyhow steady game to game
40
Holds up vs good Doutput against the tougher half
47
Trend, last 6 gamesSteady
Schedule facedSoft

Trend and schedule are shown for context but kept out of the number: over a handful of games they're mostly noise.

Top wide receivers · F&D form now
The matchup · week 6 · NO at NYG

Where Nabers can hurt the Saints

How he gets his production, set against how the Saints have held up in their last 17 games. Ranks are of 32.

Malik Nabers · against NO

The shot plays are there

Profile

Where his targets come from

Share of his targets. The white tick is the league average.

Short (under 10)
53%
Intermediate
29%
Deep (20+)
19%
Left side
41%
Middle
19%
Right side
40%

How NO defend it

Ranked of 32, last 17 games. Green is a weakness to attack.

Short (under 10)
18th
Intermediate
5th
Deep (20+)
24th
Left side
21st
Middle
21st
Right side
14th
Yards after catch allowed
11th
Sack rate forced
8th
The read
  1. New Orleans rank 24th against deep balls, and 19% of Nabers's targets travel 20+ yards (the average WR is at 17%).
  2. Don't force short throws: they've been Nabers's worst return (-0.08 EPA a target), and New Orleans are 18th there.
  3. Work the left side: 41% of his targets go that way and New Orleans rank 21st defending throws there.
  4. Free data doesn't show who covers whom on each snap, so this is the defence's profile, not a confirmed one-on-one.

NO's corners, last 17 games

Who is likely to see him. Free data doesn't say who covers whom on each snap, so this is the group, not a confirmed matchup.

CornerTargetsYds / targetCatch %Depth facedRating
Kool-Aid McKinstry928.157%11.289
Quincy Riley747.958%12.498
Alontae Taylor677.369%6.690

The average corner allows 7.4 yards per target. Red is tighter than average, green is looser.

Full game preview
Floor and ceiling

How his games are spread

0–24 yds: 3 games025–49 yds: 1 games2550–74 yds: 7 games5075–99 yds: 2 games75100–124 yds: 2 games100125–149 yds: 0 games125150–174 yds: 2 games150
13/17games with 40+ yds
12/17games with 60+ yds
5/17games with 80+ yds
4/17games with 100+ yds
Role

Game by game

avg 9.8 targets24 wk 10: 1024 wk 12: 924 wk 13: 1324 wk 14: 1024 wk 15: 1424 wk 16: 1424 wk 17: 824 wk 18: 825 wk 1: 1225 wk 2: 1325 wk 3: 725 wk 4: 326 wk 1: 926 wk 2: 426 wk 3: 626 wk 4: 726 wk 5: 2024 wk 1026 wk 5
Game log · last 17

Every game

GameOpponentTgtRecYdsTDAir ydsEPA
26 wk 5WAS20111211245+3.4
26 wk 4ARI761121113+10.9
26 wk 3TEN652605-2.9
26 wk 2LA411077-7.1
26 wk 1DAL96690103+5.0
25 wk 4LAC3220024+0.6
25 wk 3KC72130146-8.0
25 wk 2DAL1391672263+10.7
25 wk 1WAS125710122-1.1
24 wk 18PHI8564154+0.8
24 wk 17IND87171274+14.7
24 wk 16ATL147680113-6.1
24 wk 15BAL141082186-1.0
24 wk 14NO105790120+3.2
24 wk 13DAL13869069-0.2
24 wk 12TB9664087+2.7
24 wk 10CAR106500111-1.8