One month to the day after he tore his ACL , Malik Nabers underwent successful reconstructive surgery on Tuesday.

Why the delay? Why wouldn’t the star Giants receiver have been on the operating table as soon as possible to make sure that he is ready for the 2026 season instead of waiting?

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“Some players will have a very significant amount of swelling after this injury and operating on them right away can actually lead to significant stiffness down the line because it’s an additional trauma to the knee — even though it’s being done for good,” Dr. Guillem Gonzalez-Lomas, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU Grossman

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