The New York Giants' running game finished as a top-five unit last year and Cam Skattebo was a big part of that accomplishment.Skattebo was en route to a solid rookie season before an ankle injury cut that short. The good news is that he’s been well on his way to making a full recovery and it is anticipated that he will be full-go for training camp in a couple of weeks.With John Harbaugh coming in as head coach, Matt Nagy as offensive coordinator, and Greg Roman on staff as an assistant with a say in the run game, the offense will shift more toward a gap-based run scheme.The gap-based run scheme allows backs to worry less about finding the rushing lane and more about following the lead blocker to a specific spot before being put into position to create on their own from there.This running back room has experience with gap runs, but under Daboll, the offense was more zone-based, placing greater emphasis on vision than anything else.Now, backs will be given more direction to hit a point, and from that point on, it’s about making your own yardage, putting less emphasis on a back's ability to see rushing lanes before they even open and more emphasis on what players can do at the point of attack.Cam Skattebo, RB
Cam Skattebo Set to Thrive in Giants' New Rushing Scheme
A new gap-based scheme could put him in position for an even bigger role in 2026.










