Cam Skattebo has never exactly played like a guy who’s afraid of contact. The Giants running back runs with a little chaos in his game, and that same edge showed up off the field this weekend when he was caught doing a backflip at Fanatics Fest while working his way back from a nasty ankle injury.
The clip made the rounds quickly, and it wasn’t hard to see why people winced. Skattebo didn’t even land it cleanly, turning what could have been a harmless stunt into the kind of moment that makes everyone around him hold their breath.
Still, Skattebo brushed off the concern when asked about the reaction to his backflips. His message was simple: “I will not hurt myself before the season."
That confidence may be reassuring to him, but it’s hard not to see the risk in what happened. Even a minor mishap could have gone a lot worse, especially for a player trying to get healthy again.
There was also a social media post circulating that pointed back to John Harbaugh’s old stance on players doing risky off-field stuff, with a reference to how he didn’t even want Joe Flacco on a skateboard when he was coaching the Ravens. Harbaugh is now in charge of the Giants, and the implication was clear: this probably isn’t his favorite kind of behavior.
Maybe Skattebo comes through this without issue. But from the outside, the backflip feels like the kind of unnecessary gamble that doesn’t buy him anything.
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