John Harbaugh responds to Malik Nabers questioning Giants’ draft decision

Nypost · Apr 26, 2026 · 264 words · By Paul Schwartz

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Malik Nabers on a Bleacher Report simulcast Thursday night with Packers linebacker Micah Parsons questioned the Giants as he saw his team select Arvell Reese with the No.

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What happened

Malik Nabers on a Bleacher Report simulcast Thursday night with Packers linebacker Micah Parsons questioned the Giants as he saw his team select Arvell Reese with the No.

Why it matters

Nabers did not understand why his team took another edge rusher, unaware that the Giants will use Reese as a weakside linebacker.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Nabers did not understand why his team took another edge rusher, unaware that the Giants will use Reese as a weakside linebacker.”

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Multiple web search results indicate that Nabers questioned the decision to draft another edge rusher and that the Giants plan to use Reese as a weakside linebacker, showing corroboration across different reports of the event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the New York Giants' 102nd in the National Football League (NFL), their fifth under general manager Joe Schoen and their first season under head coach John Harbaugh. Harbaugh s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Giants are a National Football League (NFL) franchise founded in the 1925 season, the NFL's sixth. Eleven years later, the league introduced the NFL Draft after team owners voted on it in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Con…
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Claim 2: “Harbaugh was pleased that Nabers was the first player to meet Reese and his family when they arrived at the team facility.”

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Two separate web search results confirm that John Harbaugh mentioned that Nabers was the first player to greet Reese upon his arrival at the team facility, corroborating the core fact of the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Harbaugh added that Nabers was the first in the building to greet Reese upon his arrival in East Rutherford. For now, Nabers will have to wait and see how the rookie will acclimate and dominate at the…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/giants/2026/04/25/…

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web search NEUTRAL — New York Giants coach John Harbaugh says he had a "great conversation" with Malik Nabers after the wide receiver expressed doubt about his team's decision to select edge rusher Arvell Reese with the N…
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25422572-john-harbaugh-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — John Harbaugh made it clear that he doesn’t see public criticism as something to fear, especially when it comes from a player who is invested in the team’s success. The head coach went even further, d…
https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/ny-giants-john-harbaugh-address-m…

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Claim 3: “Malik Nabers on a Bleacher Report simulcast Thursday night with Packers linebacker Micah Parsons questioned the Giants as he saw his team select Arvell Reese with the No. 5 pick.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Malik Nabers questioned the Giants' selection of Arvell Reese with the No. 5 pick during a Bleacher Report simulcast on Thursday night, alongside Micah Parsons. The evidence shows this event was reported by multiple independent web sources.

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Claim 4: “John Harbaugh made sure Friday morning to speak to Nabers about those comments, calling it a “great conversation” with the wide receiver who is returning from ACL surgery.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that John Harbaugh spoke to Malik Nabers about the comments on Friday morning and described the conversation as a 'great conversation'.

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Claim 5: ““Love the player, don’t get me wrong. But where do you play?” Nabers said. “He is going to want to be on the outside to rush but we just drafted somebody [Abdul Carter] last year to do that same position.””

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Two separate web search results directly quote or paraphrase Nabers questioning Reese's playing position and referencing the previous year's draft pick, Abdul Carter, for a similar role, confirming the core elements of the claim.

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Claim 6: ““I showed him how we’re gonna use him. He seemed fired up about it.””

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The claim that Harbaugh showed Reese how the team plans to use him and that Reese seemed enthusiastic is supported by the context of the web search results, but the exact phrasing and confirmation of Reese's enthusiasm are not independently corroborated by a second, different source. The evidence points to Harbaugh explaining the plan, but the 'seemed fired up' part is less strongly corroborated.

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