Harbaugh: Giants unsure when Nabers will return
Key takeaways
- Nabers tore the ACL in his right knee in September.
- It has the Giants hopeful but uncertain if he will return for Week 1.
- It's an ACL, and whatever else he had in that knee," coach John Harbaugh said after his team's third organized team activity practice.
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Nabers tore the ACL in his right knee in September. He underwent the original surgery, which included a full meniscus repair, several weeks later. A second surgery was required recently to remove scar tissue that was causing stiffness.
It has the Giants hopeful but uncertain if he will return for Week 1. They open their season in a "Sunday Night Football" game Sept. 13 against the Dallas Cowboys at MetLife Stadium.
"He's in the middle of it. It's such a hard thing. It's an ACL, and whatever else he had in that knee," coach John Harbaugh said after his team's third organized team activity practice. "Not a simple knee [injury], you know? So, um, he's in the slog of it, the grind of it, I would say. So, he's fighting through it, and he's here every day working hard at it.