Giants rookie Malik Nabers torments Browns with ridiculous highlights as New York beats Cleveland

Malik Nabers is good at football.

The Cleveland Browns learned this the hard way on Sunday, losing 21-15, largely thanks to Nabers.

The New York Giants rookie wide receiver made several highlight-reel plays, scoring two touchdowns in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Browns to make NFL history. Cleveland struggled in the second half and couldn’t close the gap Nabers created.

Nabers set up his first touchdown with a ridiculous sideline grab to put New York in the red zone in the second quarter of a 7-7 game. On second-and-8, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones looked to Nabers on a go route down the left sideline with Browns cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. in single-man coverage.

Emerson had tight coverage on the play. It didn’t matter. Nabers reached over Emerson from behind on a jump ball near the sideline and grabbed a potential interception to secure a 28-yard gain and a first down inside the 15-yard line.

Five plays later, Nabers made another spectacular catch, this time for a touchdown. Just like his previous catch, Emerson was on the wrong side of the play.

Nabers again faced single-man coverage from Emerson on first-and-goal from the 3-yard line. Jones knew where to look. Nabers ran an out route and Jones targeted him in the back left corner of the end zone. Nabers created distance from Emerson and leaped to make a fingertip grab on a high throw. He pirouetted in the air and tapped both toes in the end zone before his body fell out of bounds.

The score gave New York a 14-7 lead.

Just before halftime, Nabers found the end zone again. This time, Nabers ran to a soft spot in the Browns’ zone on a crossing route from the left. Jones found him in the middle of the end zone for a touchdown to extend New York’s lead to 21-7.

With the score, Nabers became the youngest wide receiver in NFL history at 21 years, 56 days old to secure two touchdown catches in a single game. He finished with 78 yards on eight receptions and 12 targets.

Cleveland’s Deshaun Watson finished with 196 yards on 21 of 37 passing, with two touchdowns. His counterpart, Daniel Jones, went 24 of 34 for 236 yards and two touchdowns.

Nabers entered the league with less fanfare than fellow rookie star Marvin Harrison Jr., who was selected two picks ahead of him by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 4 pick in April’s draft. But he’s a sensational prospect who’s already taking the league by storm three games into his NFL career.