Douglas ClawsonNov 6, 2026
Clawson argues Malik Nabers has become a QB-proof, top-five receiver who can push the Giants to a division title, places them fifth in their revised receiver rankings ahead of Justin Jefferson, and says Nabers should reset the receiver market with an extension topping the Chase and Smith-Njigba deals.
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What Douglas Clawson said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromNabers has been so good that he should reset the market and surpass the deals signed by Ja'Marr Chase (four years, $161 million) and Jaxon Smith-Njigba (four years, $169 million) in the past two offseasons.
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- Ballin' with backups: Malik Nabers is most QB proof WR since Larry Fitzgerald, DeAndre Hopkins
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- 1Top Player Lists“As of today, I would edit that consensus list and order it like this: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ja'Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Malik Nabers”
- 2New York Giants to win the division“he looks like a top-five wide receiver who is building off a superb rookie year and poised to carry a rejuvenated Giants team to a division title, with a QB carousel in tow”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “As of today, I would edit that consensus list and order it like…”1 | Top Player Lists | — | — | — | — | |
| New York Giants to win the division2 | Division Winners | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 1 division winner and 1 top player list — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“As of today, I would edit that consensus list and order it like this: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ja'Marr Chase, Puka Nacua, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Malik Nabers”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Division WinnersNew York Giants
New York Giants to win the division
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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