It’s rare that a player is so fun that the entire league seems to embrace him but that is what it felt like happened in Cam Skattebo’s short tenure as the Giants runningback this year. Previously only known to Arizona State fans, and then to a wider college audience after he almost singlehandedly beat Texas. Skattebo’s neanderthal idiot nature caught our attention in training camp with the videos of him yelling like a lunatic all the time, and then he brought that energy to the field and ran angrier than everyone on every play. Once Dart got the start the vibes were off the charts.
And just like that it was over. One bad tackle and his ankle is hanging on by threads of tissue and the season is over. His career might never recover. I think we all knew Skattebo wouldn’t have a long career with the way he played, but this wasn’t even his fault in any way. No fun league indeed.
