Fate Brought Jayden Daniels and Malik Nabers Together. Competition Keeps Them Going.

The jeers followed Malik Nabers the day after a late-game drop.

“You suck,” Jayden Daniels told him.

The LSU teammates-turned-top-10 picks make a point of watching each other’s NFL games, and some competitive banter inevitably follows. The New York Giants’ rookie receiver allowed a fourth-quarter slant pass to slip from his grasp in their Monday night loss, giving the Washington Commanders quarterback an opening to take his latest shot over a video chat.

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“He knows how to piss me off, for sure,” Nabers said, laughing, when asked about Daniels’ commentary.

Don’t worry. Nabers has had his turn to make retorts.

It might seem harsh, but the jocular commentary comes from a place of competition,

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