{"id":857,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/857","headline":"Giants bench Skattebo for Harris, still lose to Saints","dek":"New York's running game barely moved even after the shakeup, and the Giants fell behind big before the final whistle.","body":"Cam Skattebo opened Week 6 on the bench. After a string of fumbles through the first five weeks, coach John Harbaugh handed the starting job to Najee Harris against the Saints, and Skattebo finished the game with zero touches.\n\nThe move did not fix much. The Giants managed just 37 yards on 15 carries through three quarters against a Saints run defense that had been struggling all season. Harris had four carries for 2 yards at that point, Tyrone Tracy had three for 8, and Devin Singletary added three for 5. New York led 10-0 late in the first half but gave it back in the final 1:18 before halftime, and the game slipped away from there. By the end of the third quarter, the Giants trailed 27-10 as fans at MetLife Stadium booed.\n\nSkattebo had been the Giants' top back through the first five weeks before the fumbling issues piled up. For now, Harris holds the larger role in the backfield, though Sunday's performance did not offer much evidence that the switch alone solves New York's rushing problems.","published_at":"2026-10-19T06:03:42.538373+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Cam Skattebo demotion: Giants RB logs zero touches in New York's Week 6 loss to Saints","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cam-skattebo-giants-logs-zero-touches-saints-week-6/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Giants bench Cam Skattebo for Najee Harris vs. Saints, but did the bold move work?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/giants-bench-cam-skattebo-najee-192846721.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Cam Skattebo loses starting spot to Najee Harris in Giants shakeup","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/18/sports/cam-skattebo-loses-starting-spot-to-najee-harris-in-giants-shakeup/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Report: Najee Harris is expected to take larger role in Giants backfield","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-najee-harris-is-expected-to-take-larger-role-in-giants-backfield"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Najee Harris to start against Saints, per reports","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/najee-harris-start-against-saints-140135117.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Report: Najee Harris is expected to take larger role in Giants backfield","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/report-najee-harris-expected-larger-133425974.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Giants RB Najee Harris expected to see more time against Saints following Cam Skattebo fumbles","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/giants-rb-najee-harris-expected-162801255.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Cam Skattebo goes without a touch in loss to Saints, one week after critical OT fumble","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/cam-skattebo-goes-without-a-touch-in-loss-to-saints-one-week-after-critical-ot-fumble-205533776.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2026/10/18/efb43678-822e-42c1-ab3e-87f9c26352ae/template-pic.jpg","credit":"CBS Sports","width":1400},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}