The NFL Injury Bug is Out of Control — Malik Nabers & Tyreek Hill Are Just the Latest

The 2025 NFL season has officially turned into a bad episode of Squid Game.

Big-name stars are dropping like flies, and the football gods don’t care about your fantasy team, your playoff hopes, or your Sunday happiness.

First Malik Nabers. Then Tyreek Hill. Both gone. Both season-enders. And both injuries gut-punches for the league.

Let’s start with Malik. The kid was cooking. A franchise-record 109 catches and over 1,200 yards as a rookie?

Historic.

This year? Already at 18 catches, 271 yards, and 2 TDs before Week 4.

And just like that… boom.

ACL gone.

And to make it sting even worse, it happened during Jaxson Dart’s first start. That connection was supposed to be electric, man. It was supposed to be OBJ 2.0 in New York.

Instead, Giants fans are left staring at another “what if” season before it even really began.

Then there’s Tyreek Hill. The Cheetah. A walking highlight reel.

Since he came to Miami in 2022, only Justin Jefferson has more yards.

That’s it.

He’s literally the engine that makes the Dolphins offense terrifying.

And now?

Dislocated knee. Multiple torn ligaments. ACL shredded.

He’s out all of 2025 — and maybe longer.

Yes, Drew Rosenhaus is out here saying Hill won’t need multiple surgeries, which is about as comforting as being told your car only needs one engine replacement, not two.

Either way, it’s brutal.

This isn’t just bad for the Dolphins, who already stumbled to a 1-3 start.

This is bad for the NFL.

Hill is one of the faces of the league. Losing him for a full season is like telling fans they’re going to Coachella but Kendrick ain’t performing.

And when you look around the league, it feels like everyone is getting hurt.

Joe Burrow? Gone. Jayden Daniels? Hurt. JJ McCarthy? Hurt. Lamar Jackson? Hamstring. Now Malik Nabers and Tyreek Hill join the IR parade.

Sheesh.

But that’s football. The cruelest part of the game is that it only takes one play to go from superstar to spectator.

Careers shift, franchises crumble, and fan bases get sent straight into depression off one misstep, one awkward landing, or one tackle gone wrong.

The NFL will move on. It always does. Somebody else will step up, new stars will rise, and by Week 10, we’ll be talking about somebody else cooking defenses.

But make no mistake, losing Tyreek and Malik this early in the season changes everything.

For the Dolphins. For the Giants. And for the NFL.

Because no matter who steps in, you can’t replace Malik Nabers’ electricity. You can’t replace Tyreek Hill’s game-breaking speed.

And right now, the league feels a whole lot slower without them.