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NFL Coach Advises Giants' Malik Nabers to Learn to Avoid Hits 'to Live Another Day'

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Malik Nabers has exceeded expectations at the start of his rookie season with the New York Giants, but there are still some ways that the wide receiver can improve even further.

One NFL coach told Mike Sando of The Athletic that Nabers should look to avoid taking big hits when attempting to rack up yards after the catch.

"Young receivers have to learn how to play the position, which includes when to go for yardage and when to get down to live another day," the coach said. "When you see him running free through the [Washington] secondary and cutting back, and it's a play where a linebacker pursues from the stack and just drills him, he learns that by hard knocks.