Malik Nabers declined to discuss his weekend altercation with Shedeur Sanders, the NFL’s projected No. 1 draft pick, following the Giants’ 35-14 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

“I want to talk about the game,” the Giants’ rookie receiver said. “I want to stay focused on the game.”

But it’s becoming increasingly difficult to take your focus off the external drama. Because now it’s “Prime Time” in the game.

Now Deion Sanders, the Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach and father of Shedeur, has joined the chat. And there are no boring days when Deion goes for it.

He’s a big personality, a successful coach whose dual-threat talent Travis Hunter just won the Heisman Trophy, and a direct and outspoken, larger-than-life athlete figure.

The New York fan base got a small taste of this on Friday when Sanders and Nabers caught a catch on the street in Manhattan – with a football with a Giants logo.

During this social media furor, an unreliable “X” account called “NFL Rookie Watch” spread a rumor that Shedeur Sanders would refuse to play if drafted by the Giants or Browns because he preferred the Raiders or Cowboys .

The report continued: “NFL scouts reportedly expect the Giants to end up settling for (Miami QB) Cam Ward knowing Sanders wouldn’t play for them.”

That didn’t sit well with Deion Sanders, who hit back on his “COACH PRIME” account.

“A lie, no matter who tells it,” he said. “Please stop trying to become relevant by misrepresenting my son. God bless you.”

However, speculation about Sanders’ preference is fueled in part by a recently surfaced video of Deion Sanders speaking to Raiders coach Antonio Pierce at an event.

“I need you to recruit these Sanders guys next year,” Sanders said at the microphone.

Deion Sanders clarified that the video was taken at last year’s Super Bowl, so it was not a recent comment from the Colorado head coach regarding the current draft order.

“For those who care, the video being played of me and Coach Pierce is from last year’s Super Bowl,” Sanders wrote on Dec. 9. “God bless you and have a phenomenal day.” We are. #Dad/CoachPrime.”

Sanders still said it, though, just as he responded to a hypothetical question about whether Shedeur would go to the Raiders in July by saying, “That would be nice.”

The drama, the clarifications, the rumors and the intrigue will accompany the Giants this offseason and will grow louder every day with someone as prominent, outspoken and influential as Deion Sanders entering the public conversation.

Especially because the Giants (2-12) are so clearly headed for the No. 1 overall pick, with a 40.1% chance as of Monday morning, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index projections.

They were one of only four teams that had a chance of securing the title. The others are the New England Patriots (25.1% chance), the Carolina Panthers (13.8%) and the Raiders (8.1%), although Vegas still had to play the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football, which would change the odds.

Shedeur Sanders, the quarterback, is obviously an exciting prospect. And the Giants desperately need a QB.

Giants linebacker Isaiah Simmons, who was with Nabers and Sanders last Friday night, even said Sunday that “I personally think (Sanders) could come here and really change things.”

“I think he’s going to be a very, very valuable piece everywhere, a little bit of a Jayden Daniels effect,” Simmons said. “Look what Jayden did (in Washington). I could imagine something like that happening with Shedeur, wherever he ends up – whether he ends up here or wherever.”

To make the conversation even more exciting, there is the presence of Deion Sanders on the NFL circuit as a possible head coach candidate.

Could he join Sanders with the Raiders if they made a move on Pierce? Could he become the Giants’ next head coach and replace Brian Daboll with his son as New York’s quarterback of the future?

None of this can be ignored in the modern sports, entertainment and football landscape, not to mention Sanders’ college success.

There was also this well-received video of GM Joe Schoen and Giants leadership scouting in Colorado in late November to encourage discussion about what’s next.

The point is that this is just the beginning. Wherever this goes, it will be well documented, it will be wild and controversial and sometimes heated. And it will take the Giants drama and speculation to a whole new level over the next few months.

Because when “prime time” is involved, there are no boring days.

Writing the wrong kind of story

Sunday’s loss meant the Giants lost eight home games in a season for the first time in their franchise history. If they lose to the Indianapolis Colts in their final home game on December 28th or 29th, they will join the 1974 team as the only winless Giants team at home in the 100 years of their existence.

However, in 1974, they were just 0-7 in a 14-game season.

Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, meanwhile, set some amazing records with the Giants’ dominance on Sunday. He threw five touchdown passes with just four incompletions.

He became the first QB in NFL history to meet all of the following minimum requirements in a game: 80% completion percentage, 250 passing yards, five passing TDs, no interceptions and 50 rushing yards.

And he became the first QB to throw five TD passes against the Giants since Cam Newton on December 20, 2015. Jackson did it by completing 21 of 25 throws and posting a passer rating of 154.6.

Steep dogs (again)

The Giants entered next Sunday as 10.5-point underdogs at the Atlanta Falcons, who entered Monday night’s game against the Raiders averaging just 14.25 points per game themselves during a four-game losing streak. This comes after the Giants failed to open up a 16.5-point lead at home against the Ravens, their largest margin of this NFL season.