Overview
- Skattebo practiced through minor shoulder and muscle tightness and entered Week 5 on Sunday with no injury designation before playing for the Giants.
- Through the first four games he has 68 carries without a gain of 15 yards or more, a league-high total, and his longest run this season is 13 yards.
- In the first half versus the Washington Commanders he had 12 yards on six carries, a 2.0 yards-per-carry average, and no receptions by halftime, which drew visible fan and fantasy-manager criticism.
- Coach John Harbaugh said the run game is 'not good enough yet' and pointed to better execution and more effective play-action as ways to open longer runs.
- Skattebo returned from a severe right-ankle dislocation and open tibia fracture in October 2025 and opened 2026 with an 81-yard, one-touchdown Week 1 performance, a comeback that raised expectations now tempered by limited big-play production and questions about scheme and usage going forward.