Jaxson Dart Seen Having Heartbreaking Reaction To Cam Skattebo’s Ugly Injury

On Sunday nan Giants traveled to Philadelphia to play nan Eagles successful an NFC East clash. In nan 2nd quarter, trailing nan Eagles 14-7, calamity struck Big Blue.

Standout rookie moving backmost Cam Skattebo caught a walk from rookie backmost Jaxson Dart retired of nan backfield and suffered a gruesome ankle injury while getting tackled by a Philly defender. Skattebo had to beryllium carted disconnected nan section pinch an aerial formed and his full squad was intelligibly shaken up by what transpired. The atrocious move of events seemed to deed Dart peculiarly hard.

The Fox broadcast captured Dart's guidance to Skattebo's wounded aft he realized what was happening. The young QB screamed an expletive earlier taking a knee, intelligibly successful disbelief.

Dart and Skattebo person been astatine nan halfway of nan Giants' turnaround this season. While New York was only 2-6 entering Week 8 nan 2 rookies gave fans existent logic for optimism for nan first clip successful years. Dart was a revelation taking complete for Russell Wilson arsenic an breathtaking gunslinger QB who appears to lucifer Brian Daboll's aggravated energy rather well. Skattebo is simply a gritty, hard-nosed runner and roseate to nan juncture successful immoderate mode asked of him aft starting RB Tyrone Tracy got wounded early successful nan year.

To this constituent Skattebo has racked up 398 yards and 5 touchdowns connected nan crushed to spell pinch 189 yards and 1 much touchdown connected 23 receptions. He was forming rather a business pinch Dart anterior to nan wounded and Giants fans were enamored pinch nan pair.

Now it seems each but definite Skattebo's play is complete aft nan disfigured injury. Meanwhile Dart has to forge up and effort to gain a triumph this week truthful nan Giants don't autumn into a 2-7 spread that they would struggle to climb retired of this season.

A sadistic twist of destiny for New York. Dart's look says it all.

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