There was late-season promise for Jalen Nailor.
True, the stats arrived in some garbage time situations, but Nailor seemingly confirmed his reputation: the receiver has the wheels to burn a defense deep. The Vikings’ speedster thus had a chance to carve out a meaningful role for Minnesota in 2023, functioning as the WR4 whose assignment rested in making safeties think long and hard about cheating too far toward Justin Jefferson’s side.
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Picking up 9 receptions as a rookie isn’t the same thing as lighting the world on fire, but the 19.