Remember, in March, when everyone was playing the ‘Who will the Giants pick?’ game? It was like watching a sports version of The Bachelor, with Stefon Diggs and Malik Nabers as the final two contestants. But hold up—this isn’t just your regular football roster drama. Just when we thought things couldn’t get spicier, Diggs went and dropped some interesting comments about Nabers’s recent message that had everyone’s Twitter fingers working overtime.

So check this out: Malik Nabers dropped a real truth bomb on X this Tuesday about what it’s like to be an athlete. He posted, “One thing I’ll never understand is why WE (athletes) have to sit and let people say whatever they want about us, and we can’t say anything back to protect ourselves? People can bash our names on and on, and when we say something back, we’re the bad person. Like, WHAT? Sit back and let them just say whatever? Nah, hell naw!” He didn’t stop there.

Pressing on the mental health issues, Nabers continued, “But when something is going on with our mental health, y’all want to say something! Why say something? Why? Y’all don’t give a… Just gonna say ‘something wrong with them.’ And when stuff hits the fan, people want to start caring—man, miss me with that BS! Keep that fake stuff away from me!” That’s correct.

Stefon Diggs was feeling it too, sharing it on his IG story with just one word “Damn.” Malik’s been going through it since the passing of LSU wide receiver Lacy. Just 24 years old, with his whole life ahead of him—but life got too heavy. Malik, now with the Giants, was his teammate, and this hit him hard. That’s why he’s been posting all this stuff—and Stefon Diggs gets it.

Malik and Lacy were close, playing together in 2022 and 2023 before Malik got drafted in 2024. They were thriving under Brian Kelly, but then this news dropped—and it rocked Malik’s world. The 2024 Pro Bowler just couldn’t wrap his head around what his boy did.

Nabers expressed his feelings on Instagram, sharing memories with captions like, “So crazy how you can capture a memory in time when you feel like you’re on top of the world and everyone around you feels the same 💔😭.” Heavy stuff, right? He kept posting photos and added this heart-wrenching message: “Pain. Numb. Sad. Sorrowful. Downcast. Hurt. Broken. Devastated. Empty. Miserable 💔💔. So this is how it feels, huh?! To lose a part of your heart 😢. Damn, you loved unconditionally ❤️❤️.” Their bond was something real—and now, it’s just memories.

This whole situation has the football world talking about mental health again because, for real, this stuff runs deep. You never know what someone’s dealing with behind the scenes.

Remembering Kyren Lacy: The importance of mental health

That was disheartening—to see how a small, heated discussion could take such a devastating turn. During a heated family dispute on April 12, college athlete Kyren Lacy grabbed his gun and stormed out in anger. Police eventually caught up with him, but tragically, he had shot himself and didn’t survive. The news devastated his family.

Taking to Facebook, Kenny Lacy opened up about the importance of mental health awareness, posting: “This will never get easier, but we’ll learn to live with it. Check on your kids’ mental health!” His message struck a chord across the football community, indeed prompting many in the league to speak out and share their support.

Absolutely—well said. Life’s hardest moments do teach the deepest lessons. Apart from Malik Nabers and Stefon Diggs, Dak Prescott, who’s been through so much loss himself, used his platform to spread hope and support. His words—”Please!!! Ask for help. It doesn’t have to end that way!“—cut right to the heart of it. It’s not just talk, it’s real.

When tragedy strikes, it’s the unity and compassion from people across the game that reminds us how powerful the sports community can be. It’s more than wins and losses—it’s about showing up for each other when it counts the most.