Giants star Malik Nabers pokes fun at own season-ending injury, fantasy football in hilarious commercial

The NFL’s regular play is ending soon, which means that phantasy shot seasons are besides coming to a close. 

But portion the play whitethorn beryllium ending, the phantasy shot punishments are lone conscionable beginning. For the subordinate who finishes successful past place, 1 communal punishment is that they person to walk 24 hours successful a bar, oregon astatine an IHOP eating pancakes.

New York Giants prima wide receiver Malik Nabers was drafted successful the archetypal circular by galore players, but the second-year wide receiver tore his ACL successful Week 4. The Giants surely missed him successful the lineup, arsenic did a batch of phantasy shot players, whose teams looked a batch antithetic without Nabers. 

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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) looks connected earlier the crippled against the Kansas City Chiefs astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sept 21, 2025.  (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

Nabers and IHOP partnered to marque a hilarious commercial, which made amusive of his wounded and the interaction it had connected phantasy shot players. 

"Every year, thousands of phantasy shot leagues marque their last-place squad walk 24 hours astatine IHOP eating pancakes," Nabers said.

A waitress past interrupted and said, "Just similar you helped everyone’s phantasy squad this season?" 

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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers (1) is carted disconnected the tract pursuing an wounded during the 2nd 4th against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sept. 28, 2025. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

Nabers was eating pancakes, with his crutches adjacent to him, erstwhile a kid walked up and asked the Giants prima if it was really him. 

After Nabers confirmed it was himself, the kid yelled, "I wasted my first-round prime connected you!"

The 22-year-old was connected his mode to making his 2nd play look a batch similar his rookie season. As a rookie, Nabers had 109 receptions for 1,204 yards with 7 touchdowns.

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Nabers acceptable the grounds for astir catches ever by a rookie wide receiver. In 4 games earlier tearing his ACL, the erstwhile LSU prima had 18 catches for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

Fantasy owners who draught Nabers adjacent play anticipation that helium volition regain his signifier and that they volition debar past place. 

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