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WIDE RECEIVER SPOTS OPPOSITE MALIK NABERS: Darius Slayton vs. Calvin Austin III vs. Darnell Mooney vs. Odell Beckham Jr. vs. Malachi Fields vs. JuJu Smith-Schuster vs. Braxton Berrios
There was finally some positive Nabers news, with the WR1 expected to avoid the PUP list, providing a sigh of relief for Giants fans. Even if Nabers isn’t 100 percent early in the season as he returns from a knee injury, his presence alone makes the rest of the receiver corps fall better into place. Sans Nabers, it’s a trove of 2s and 3s playing above their heads. We enter camp uncertain how the depth behind Nabers will shake out. Slayton figures to keep his field-stretching role, but the rest will depend on fit and performance during camp. Austin made some big plays in Pittsburgh and could see more with an expanded role. Could Fields, a third-round pick in this year’s draft, push for reps or does he need some seasoning first? Of the veterans signed — Beckham, Mooney, Smith-Schuster, Berrios — who is a fit for the offense and who has the most left in the tank? Berrios is around for special teams, but the other three could be dueling it out to make the squad. If OBJ is even close to securing a spot, would the fan nostalgia tip the scales?
THE PICK: Slayton, Austin, Fields, Mooney and Berrios make the roster, complementing Nabers. Berrios sticks as a special teams player. In the end, I don’t think OBJ and Smith-Schuster will show enough to force their way onto the roster.
