As Nabers was yelling toward the sideline last game about wanting more second-half targets than the three he received in the Giants offense
as — in his eyes — a way to help jump-start the offense, Nagy was reminded of his nine seasons as either quarterbacks coach or offensive coordinator with the Chiefs. “I was around a very similar player talent-wise and person-wise in Travis Kelce,” Nagy said before Thursday’s practice. “He was a guy who wanted the ball a lot, and he had great ways on how to let you know how to do it.” “Don’t ever take that away from a player. You are crazy if you take that away from somebody. Don’t ever try to not get him the football.” Nabers is coming off his first 100-yard game and first touchdown since returning from last year’s knee surgery, but tight end Isaiah Likely had 12 targets to Nabers’ seven (six catches). “We had a great conversation on Tuesday,” Nagy said. “He’s in a great spot. We definitely want to get him the ball a lot.” a lot.”
Travis Kelce played only four of seven snaps in 11 personnel on third downs, resulting in a 57.1% snap rate in those situations. It’s a small sample, and one additional snap would have made the number much less noteworthy, but it’s still something worth monitoring. His targets per route have declined over the past two weeks compared with the first two, although his overall route participation rate increased this week.
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