The New York Giants acquired within the win column for the primary time this season with their 21-15 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Additionally they acquired themselves etched into the NFL report books within the course of.
9 totally different Giants defenders recorded at the least a half a sack within the sport.
The Giants turned the fourth crew in NFL historical past to have that many in the identical sport since 1982, when the person sack turned an official statistic, becoming a member of the Buffalo Payments (Oct. 30, 2011), Dallas Cowboys (Sept. 29, 1985) and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (Dec. 8, 1985).
Rookie vast receiver Malik Nabers had one other spectacular outing with eight catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns. He’s making fairly a reputation for himself right here within the first three video games of his NFL profession.
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Nabers, who has 23 receptions for 271 yards and three touchdowns this season, is the primary participant in NFL historical past with at the least 20 receptions and three landing catches in his first three profession video games.
Nabers’ 23 receptions are tied with Anquan Boldin (23 receptions in 2003) for the second-most receptions by a participant in his first three profession video games in NFL historical past. Solely Puka Nacua (30 receptions in 2023) had extra.
Nabers, at 21 years and 56 days outdated, is the youngest vast receiver in NFL historical past with two landing receptions in a sport, surpassing Mike Evans (21 years and 73 days outdated on Nov. 2, 2014).
This comes per week after Nabers turned the youngest participant in NFL historical past to report 10+ receptions, 100+ yards, and 1+ touchdowns in a single sport.
Former Giants are additionally chiseling their names within the report books.
Security Xavier McKinney, who signed with Inexperienced Bay by way of free company in March, turned the primary participant to report an interception in every of his first three video games with a crew since Cortland Finnegan of the St. Louis Rams in 2012.
And, in fact, working again Saquon Barkley continues to shine. Barkley totaled 156 scrimmage yards (147 speeding, 9 receiving) and two speeding touchdowns within the Philadelphia Eagles’ 15-12 win over the Saints in New Orleans.
Barkley additionally had 132 scrimmage yards and two speeding touchdowns in Week 1. He’s the third participant up to now 20 seasons with at the least 125 scrimmage yards and two speeding touchdowns in two of his crew’s first three video games of a season, becoming a member of Tennessee’s Chris Johnson (2010) and Miami’s Raheem Mostert (2023).