{"id":159344,"date":"2026-03-10T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:42:06","slug":"could-new-york-giants-reunite-brian-thomas-jr-with-malik-nabers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159344\/","title":{"rendered":"Could New York Giants reunite Brian Thomas Jr. with Malik Nabers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a> struck gold with the sixth pick in the 2024 NFL draft when LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers fell into their laps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But Nabers wasn&#8217;t the only former Tigers rookie wideout to make a splash that year. His teammate in Baton Rouge, Brian Thomas Jr., the 23rd overall pick in Round 1, also had a smashing debut season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Thomas (87) had fewer receptions than Nabers, who set an NFL rookie record for wide receivers in 2024 with 109, but Thomas had more yards (1,282-1,204) and just one fewer touchdown (six).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/giantswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/nfl\/giants\/2026\/02\/16\/new-york-giants-2026-opponents\/88699425007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - New York Giants&#039; 2026 opponents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773160926_745_86155229007-usatsi-27083430.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Two years later, the Jaguars are <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Connor_J_Hughes\/status\/2031049430321758257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">seeking to leverage Thomas in a trade<\/a> after a huge drop-off in production last year. They took Travis Hunter with the No. 2 overall pick last year, who bumped Thomas down the depth chart. Thomas, at 23, is suddenly expendable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Giants are looking for wide receiver help this offseason and could be in the market for Thomas&#8217; services. But what would it take to land him?<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">SNY&#8217;s Connor Hughes is reporting the Giants would likely have to surrender their second-round pick in this year&#8217;s draft (No. 37 overall) to lure Thomas away from Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A second-round pick would be costly for the Giants, who do not have a third-round pick in this draft, having traded it away last year in the deal to move up to select quarterback Jaxson Dart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One can make the argument that they can sit out Day 2 of the draft and look at Dart and Thomas as their haul for those picks. Not bad, but still, this new regime might have other plans for that second-rounder.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773160926_678_86373428007-square-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m. ET The New York Giants struck gold with the sixth pick in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,9,11,10,1941,1942,948,65700,28105,950,930,932,691,949,682],"class_list":["post-159344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-accessfree","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sstssportsnflgiants","tag-sstsngiants","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbrian-thomas-jr","tag-tagmalik-nabers","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnew-york-giants","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}