Nabers and Skattebo Showed Up. Now Can the Giants Keep Them Healthy?

The skill pieces are real. Malik Nabers came back from a torn ACL and produced in Week 1 — that's not nothing for a receiver who spent most of 2025 watching from the sideline. Cam Skattebo, who carved out 410 rushing yards and five touchdowns in just eight games last season before his year ended, was also in the mix and effective. For one afternoon, the offense looked like what John Harbaugh drew up when he took this job.

The caution is familiar. Nabers was listed as Questionable heading into the opener, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. is carrying that same tag now. Tracy ran for 740 yards last season and is the depth chart's top back — his availability week to week matters. The Giants built their backfield depth carefully this offseason, adding Najee Harris alongside Skattebo and Tracy, so the room has bodies. But bodies and health are different things, and this team has learned that the hard way.

The longer question is sustaining it. Last season the Giants lost far more close games than their scoring margin should have allowed — the talent was there often enough, the execution in key moments wasn't. One week of Nabers and Skattebo producing doesn't answer that. It just restates the question more hopefully.