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Cam Skattebo surely has earned a estimation for being a hard-nosed moving back, but now, it's alternatively easy to spot why.
The New York Giants moving backmost became a rookie phenom past season, scoring 7 touchdowns successful arsenic galore games earlier a gruesome ankle wounded trim his play short.
However, he quickly won nan hearts of Giants fans pinch his Brandon Jacobs-like style, contempt being respective inches shorter, and his knack for nan extremity zone.
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New York Giants' Cam Skattebo reacts aft scoring a touchdown during nan first half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Well, successful a caller quality connected nan "Bring The Juice" podcast, Skattebo astir apt hinted astatine why his moving style is nan measurement it is.
When asked consecutive up if CTE was "a existent thing," he bluntly responded, "No."
"It's an excuse," Skattebo continued.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is simply a progressive, degenerative encephalon illness linked to repeated caput impacts alternatively than a azygous injury, according to Mayo Clinic. More than 100 erstwhile NFL shot players person been posthumously diagnosed pinch CTE, according to a University of Utah study, which was published successful nan Journal of Neurotrauma.
The big besides remarked that he believed asthma is fake, to which Skattebo concurred.
"Yeah. Asthma's fake… You're conscionable soft. Just respire air."
New York Giants' Cam Skattebo reacts aft a touchdown during nan 2nd half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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The comments echo those of Puka Nacua, who said concussions are "all successful your ear" and "you conscionable can't deliberation astir it."
Skattebo's quarterback, Jaxson Dart, was checked for concussions astatine slightest 5 times passim nan play and moreover missed 2 games aft being diagnosed pinch one. Skattebo was erstwhile fined for entering nan aesculapian shelter while Dart was being evaluated.
In an question and reply pinch Fox News Digital past month, Skattebo said he was fresh to move connected to nan next steps successful his rehab.
New York Giants moving backmost Cam Skattebo (44) leaves nan section aft an wounded during nan first half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
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"I consciousness good. Getting healthy, a mates months out, truthful I'm starting to put it successful nan past and get complete nan difficult portion and get backmost to work," Skattebo said.
Fox News Digital's Khloe Quill contributed to this report.
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