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Giants rookie Malik Nabers torments the Browns with incredible spectacular catches and several touchdowns, making NFL history

Giants rookie Malik Nabers torments the Browns with incredible spectacular catches and several touchdowns, making NFL history

Malik Nabers made several spectacular catches against the Browns. (Scott Galvin-Imagn Images)

Malik Nabers made several spectacular catches against the Browns. (Scott Galvin-Imagn Images)

Malik Nabers is good at football.

The Cleveland Browns learned the hard way on Sunday.

The New York Giants rookie wide receiver caught several spectacular passes and scored two touchdowns in the first half of Sunday's game against the Browns, making NFL history.

Nabers set up his first touchdown with an incredible sideline grab that put New York in the red zone in a 7-7 game in the second quarter. On second-and-8, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones took Nabers' go route down the left sideline while Browns cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. was in single coverage.

Emerson was in tight coverage on this play, but it didn't matter. Nabers beat Emerson from behind on a jump ball down the sideline and grabbed a potential interception for 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. As with his previous catch, Emerson was the loser of the game.

Nabers again faced single coverage from Emerson on first and last down at 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 leapt up to catch a high throw with his fingertips. He spun 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 a lateral route from the left to a weak spot in the Browns' zone. Jones found him in the middle of the end zone and scored a touchdown that extended New York's lead to 21-7.

With this hit, Nabers became the youngest wide receiver in NFL history to catch two touchdowns in a single game at the age of 21 years and 56 days.

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

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