With the New York Giants only a few weeks from their season-opener against the Dallas Cowboys, they decided to sign the running back who will lead the team in rushing.
Former Steelers and Chargers running back will sign a 1-year deal to join a crowded running back room full of his future backups.
The New York Giants haven’t had a 1,000-yard rusher since Saquon Barkley in 2022. Najee Harris’s run for 1,000 yards each of his first 4 NFL seasons, only failing to do so last season in Los Angeles, playing in only 3 games before his Achilles burst.
Najee Harris is the best RB on the Giants payroll since Saquon moved up the turnpike. Falling into New York’s lap, teams fearful a 28-year-old war machine can’t successfully recover from an injury becoming as common as a wrist sprain.
Here’s what Najee told reporters about his decision to sign with the Giants:
“I want opportunity,” Harris said after his first practice with the Giants. “I think this is a good opportunity here. I think the style of play that they’re heading towards is the style of play that aligns with me. Harbaugh coming from the AFC North, me playing against him a lot of times, I know the type of style of football he wants. I think that we align with each other with what type of football we want to play. I think that just coming here is a good opportunity, and I’m willing to just put my foot in there and help out in any way I can.” (Source)
Najee Harris is here to eat every plate, another 1,000-yard season incoming. Good luck to the rest of y’all.
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What about Cam Skattebo?
Cam Skattebo willed himself to relevance last season, 98 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns, thumping the Philadelphia Eagles 34-17—the rookie sparking a city coming off a 2024 where they only scored more than 30 points once—Drew Lock in the Avatar state out o nowhere.
Then his leg exploded—an open tibia fracture, an ankle dislocation and a rupture of the deltoid ligament. If Skattebo’s maintained any explosiveness post-op, he’s the perfect crash test dummy to inject into a drive to feed over and over, forcing the linebackers to decide if they want to get physical, concussion ball.
Tyrone Tracy Jr.’s flashed brilliance, at times—his lack of consistency a problem. Maybe a trade deadline candidate for a team filling the ICU, wanting a young lotto ticket they may be willing to extend in the offseason.
I trust Devin Singletary with my life. He’s like if Darius Slayton were good.
But this backfield belongs to Najee Harris until proven otherwise.
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