Yuck. The NFL can't have fun storylines. Everyone will be rooting for hiim if they weren't already.
I know it's way too early, but are we hearing anything about what this means for 2026 forward? Potentially, better prognosis than returning from an ACL tear? Torn achiles? Much worse? A quick google search points to the Robert Edwards pro-bowl incident as another NFL RB that suffered a dislocated ankle "with multiple ligament tears". I'm not sure how closely the two can be compared at this point, but needless to say this wasn't the comparison I was hoping to see given the impact to Edwards' career.
Questions that will eventually have to be asked for fantasy: Do the Giants acquire someone before the deadline for the remainder of this season? Do they have to go back to the well in the 2026 draft with a relevant RB selection in the top 2-4 rounds?
It was brutal and my gut reaction was that it was just . . . whatever, I'm not a doctor. At all. We'll find out when we find out.
That sort of adds to the misery of it.
I don't know what they'll do at RB. I roster Tracy in dynasty, which is why I was talking about Skattebo before the year, and not always positively, but not really because of Tracy, if that makes sense—I try with all my power to be both fair and for full disclosure so that people can judge whether it's me or not. He was doing really well and their line got banged up last year and he didn't do as well after. I don't think PFF was ever enamored of him in terms of grades or secondary stats. I was much more impressed last year than I am this year, if that makes sense, and I'm not sure what really happened. I don't know how they view him or what they will do at the deadline. I think the draft is another year of wondering if they will or won't, and it probably will help to know who's going to be doing the drafting. I don't see this crew making it intact, but weirder things have happened and this draft was really good for Schoen.
So there you go. One reference point.
