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Cam Skattebo seems to be on the outs in New York.
On Sunday, fans noticed that Skattebo, the team’s starter for the past year, wouldn’t start.
Eventually, Skattebo, who was not ruled out with an injury, finished the game with zero carries in the team’s loss to the Saints.
Cam Skattebo has 0 carries today.
In the doghouse. https://t.co/CzTVgwqPpB
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 18, 2026
After the game, Harbaugh insisted he didn’t bench Skattebo and that the running back getting no carries was “not by design.”
“It was not by design,” Harbaugh said. “I mean, all those guys were taking equal reps in the first half. We were trying to see who could make something happen, who could kinda get a hot hand and earn it. Nobody’s really taking the bull by the horns… It wasn’t by design for him not to carry the ball. It was just, when he was in there, we didn’t call any runs.”
A fired-up #Giants HC John Harbaugh says RB Cam Skattebo wasn’t benched and getting 0 carries wasn’t by design. He says no one has stepped up in the RB room, and he’s trying to figure out who “the guy” is.
When pressed on the topic: “I don’t know what else to say. That’s the best answer you can ever get on that in 1,000 years. There’s not a coach in the world that will give you a better answer than that. If you’re not thrilled with that answer, I got nothing else for you, honestly.”
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 18, 2026
Skattebo believes he was being punished for fumbling the ball in overtime vs. Washington last week.
“I got punished for what I did (from last week). I understand it so I gotta be ready when coach calls my name and that wasn’t today.”
“It’s hard, but I’ve made mistakes, and I got to own up to them.”
Cam Skattebo on receiving zero carries this week, via @charlottecrrll:
“I got punished for what I did (from last week). I understand it so I gotta be ready when coach calls my name and that wasn’t today.”
https://t.co/HGYRycdXgl
— Underdog NFL (@UnderdogNFL) October 18, 2026