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Before Skattebo earned the “Angry Runs” scepter from NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt with his preferred physicality in a pair of plays from his NFL debut this past weekend, you can go back and revisit the most memorable run of his career to this point – one he chases every time he puts on a helmet and steps between the lines.
“The running over people stuff is gonna be a consistent thing throughout my career,” Skattebo said. “That blitz pickup is also fun, but we want more. We need to do more, and if my reps go up, I have to do more. I think that’s what we’re all hoping for.”
Each week, Dart and Daboll meet to go over all this, with every rep on the scout team studied and analyzed.
“You try to play that like a game the best you can with your timing, with your rhythm, with your eye control, with your mechanics, with when to take off, when not to take off,” Daboll said. “You treat those show-team reps, if you will, like game reps. And then when you’re standing behind the offense when they’re going, he’s taking game reps on every play, along with [third string] Jameis [Winston]. And they’re back there 10 yards going through the mechanics, motions, shifts, protection calls, re-identifications. They’re playing the game, not with the 10 other guys, but they’re playing it behind the huddle and taking advantage of every opportunity they can.”
Bobby Okereke was a tackling machine in Week 1 as he led the team with 16 total tackles, eight more than anyone else on the defense. However, the veteran linebacker struggled a bit in coverage with four receptions allowed (on four targets) for 46 yards. Following the injury to Micah McFadden, which Daboll said on Wednesday will sideline the fourth-year linebacker for Sunday’s game, the Giants are going to need Okereke and Darius Muasau to step up in the middle of the defense.
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