SAN FRANCISCO — Cam Skattebo is jogging.
This is a sign of progress.
“Obviously not running,’’ Skattebo told The Post on Friday on Radio Row at the Super Bowl. “I just got out of the long process of getting back healthy and I still have a bone healing so I’m getting back into it and having a good time.’’
Skattebo went down with a devastating injury Oct. 26 in the Week 8 loss to the Eagles.
He went up to catch a pass in the second quarter, came down awkwardly and suffered a dislocated right ankle, in addition to a fractured fibula and ruptured deltoid ligament.
The sight of his ankle pointing the wrong way was ghastly.
He required emergency surgery in a Philadelphia hospital, unable to travel home with the Giants.
The belief is Skattebo will be ready on some level for the start of the spring football activities and he should be all systems go by training camp.
The high-intensity running back had his season end after eight games and leaving his rookie year behind like that has been difficult for him to deal with.
He posts often on his social media platforms in large part to keep himself busy, with no football to occupy his time.
“I broke my ankle so I’ve learned a lot about myself, who I am and what I’ve done in the process of getting healthy and what I really want in life and living without football sucks,’’ Skattebo said. “Just understanding that this is what I’m gonna do for hopefully the next 10 years, that’s my plan, that’s my goal. I’m a football player, that’s who I am.’’
Skattebo said he has spoken “a couple of times’’ with new head coach John Harbaugh and more often with new running backs coach Willie Taggart.
Skattebo, sitting on a couch alongside Jaxson Dart, was making the rounds on behalf of Bounty.
As Dart was speaking, Skattebo reached to grab a chicken wing from a bowl on a table, dipped the wing in blue cheese dressing and then stuffed it into his mouth, not fully succeeding with the stuffing action.
His sweater showed a few wing sauce stains.
“Oh, no, did I drop one on my lap?’’ Skattebo said.
“Yeah, bro,’’ Dart said, laughing.
“I’m in trouble,’’ Skattebo said. “It’s alright, we got Bounty. I got Bounty to clean up my wing sauce off of my shirt.’’’
Dart, on cue, said “You can’t have wings without Bounty, Skat. I tried to clean it up and be the wingman for him. The good thing is, we help each other on and off the field.’’
After hiring offensive coordinator Matt Nagy, John Harbaugh now needs to find a quarterbacks coach.
He recently interviewed Marcus Arroyo, a longtime college quarterbacks coach with limited NFL exposure.
Arroyo, 46, was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arizona State.
He spent three years as UNLV’s head coach, going 7-23.
His only time in the NFL was back in 2014, as the quarterbacks coach with the Buccaneers, working for Lovie Smith.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
