{"id":921994,"date":"2026-06-18T06:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/921994\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:42:25","slug":"giants-cam-skattebo-wont-alter-approach-after-injury-im-going-to-get-back-to-running-people-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/921994\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants&#8217; Cam Skattebo won&#8217;t alter approach after injury: I&#8217;m going to get back to &#8216;running people over&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skattebo took the NFL world by storm as a fourth-round rookie in 2025, gaining fans in droves thanks to his violent, bowling-ball approach to the running back position. He amassed 617 total yards and seven scores during a season cut short by a dislocated ankle in Week 8.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s since worked his way back. During New York&#8217;s mandatory minicamp last week, Skattebo <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/2026-nfl-season-what-we-learned-during-first-wave-of-minicamps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">partook in some 11-on-11 drills<\/a> in limited fashion. The week before that, he <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JordanRaanan\/status\/2060863685355090185\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">performed a backflip<\/a> during <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/brian-burns\/\" title=\"Brian Burns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Burns<\/a>&#8216; celebrity softball game, which he noted on Wednesday was actually the first one he&#8217;s done following his injury.<\/p>\n<p>His impromptu flip at home plate already hinted Skattebo has no plans to change his rambunctious style, but his confirmation adds yet another layer of excitement for Big Blue&#8217;s upcoming first season under head coach John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Given Harbaugh&#8217;s long-established reliance on a strong run game, Skattebo should feature prominently in New York&#8217;s quest for a quick rebuild, likely leading an RB room that also includes <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/tyrone-tracy-jr\/\" title=\"Tyrone Tracy Jr.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrone Tracy Jr.<\/a> and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break:break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/devin-singletary\/\" title=\"Devin Singletary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Singletary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Though Skattebo is still ramping up toward full participation, everything in the interim has gone swimmingly so far, hopefully leaving less than three months to go until he&#8217;s back doling out damage from the backfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coach Harbaugh and [offensive coordinator Matt] Nagy, I&#8217;ve felt nothing but support and love from them,&#8221; Skattebo said. &#8220;They&#8217;re always on me about getting back, and they&#8217;re starting to see where I&#8217;m at in my process and they&#8217;re starting to trust it. They&#8217;ve been really good to me. I trust both of those two, as [well] as everybody else on the staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been nothing but joy and happiness for me, just starting to fall back in love with the game after an injury for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Skattebo took the NFL world by storm as a fourth-round rookie in 2025, gaining fans in droves thanks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[1227,746,7,519,1917,56,88,2321,2469,6,609,4267],"class_list":["post-921994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-giants","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-cam-skattebo","tag-football","tag-giants","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkgiants","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116769753924396264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}