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The Good: Skattebo Ready to Raise the Roof
Cam Skattebo insists he will be "ready to go" Week 1 as he continues his rehab from a gruesome leg injury that ended his rookie season in Week 8.
That is good news for the Giants as the running back had 125 carries for 617 yards and seven touchdowns in limited action.
But wait . . . It gets better.
Skattebo has much bigger goals for his second season.
"I do not consider that successful for me," Skattebo said of his rookie season, via Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press. "I had 400 yards on 100 carries. When I play 17-plus games this year, it's going to be 300 carries for over 2,000 yards."
As Profootballtalk.com points out, nine running backs have had a 2,000-yard season, the most recent coming by Saquon Barkley in 2024.
Eric Dickerson owns the NFL record with his 2,105 rushing yards in 1984. Tiki Barber holds the Giants team record with 1,860 rushing yards in 2005.
Skattebo's lofty goals might be over the top, but even though he only appeared in eight games last season, Skattebo was RB10 when he was hurt, despite not being a starter until Week 4.
His RB20 Average Draft Position (ADP) makes him an appealing play. The lofty goals are icing on the cake.
The Bad: Feeling the Disrespect
Jaxon Smith-Njigba apparently has reason to feel slighted -- and he's speaking out about it.
Smith-Njigba, the NFL's reigning Associated Press Offensive Player of the Year, posted a video to his Instagram account that shows his trophy was mislabeled.
The video, posted late Monday as an Instagram story, shows the Seattle Seahawks star holding the trophy, which says: "2025 Defensive Player Of TheYear."
This is INSANE: #Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba just received his Offensive Player of the Year trophy, but there’s one GIANT problem: the plaque actually says “Defensive Player of the Year.” 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) May 19, 2026
JSN’s response: “It’s getting disrespectful at this point.”
(🎥 @jaxon_smith1) pic.twitter.com/GNdNGIGLwW
"I really want to expose them," Smith-Njigba says in the video. "It's getting disrespectful, guys."
Although he didn't say it in the video, Smith-Njigba may have been referring to a similar gaffe at the February NFL Honors event, when his name was mispronounced multiple times by comedian Druski, who announced the award.
Smith-Njigba posted a second Instagram story that included a photo of himself with a caption that read: "Just keep the award at this point. Leave it in the history books tho."
NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told The Athletic later Monday that the league will send Smith-Njigba a new trophy.
"The league made the mistake," McCarthy told The Athletic. "We sincerely apologize to Jaxon for the error and are in the process of creating and shipping him a new trophy.
"Of course, like the teams he played against this year, we know how great an offensive player he is. We just had a problem spelling it."
Of course, it hasn't been all disrespect.
After helping lead the Seahawks to a victory over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, Smith-Njigba landed a four-year, $168.6 million contract extension that made him the highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history. The deal averages $42.15 million per year and includes over $120 million guaranteed, both setting records for a wide receiver.
Smith-Njigba, 24, set career highs in receptions (119), receiving yards (1,793), and touchdown receptions (10) en route to a WR2 overall finish in fantasy and being named a first-team All-Pro in 2025.
With that level of production, putting him on the wrong side of the ball was definitely a bad look.