Cam Skattebo was “very close” to playing on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles and should be “full-go” Thursday against the Washington Commanders, according to New York Giants head coach John Harbaugh.
“He was very close,” Harbaugh said on Monday morning. “We just decided to not take the risk that would go with it. There were some things that he was going to be limited just a bit, maybe. We decided not to go down that road because of the short week this week.
“He should be full-go on Thursday night.”
The Giants ran for just 80 yards on 31 carries vs. the Eagles, 2.6 yards per attempt. Devin Singletary had 21 carries for 31 yards, 1.5 yards per attempt.
Skattebo had a career-high 124 yards on 17 carries in Week 7 against the Houston Texans. He leads the Giants with 418 rushing yards on 98 carries, 4.3 yards per rushing attempt.
J.J. McCarthy ‘seems good’
Harbaugh said quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who is said to have suffered a hip pointer during the second half of Sunday’s game, is likely to be available vs. the Commanders.
“He’s doing well,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll find out more during the course of the day and in a couple of days but it does look like he’s gonna play. We feel fairly good about that but don’t want to get out over my skis with it, but it seems good so far.”
