{"id":672095,"date":"2026-03-21T18:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T18:51:14","slug":"giants-running-back-says-cte-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/672095\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants running back says CTE is &#8216;fake&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New York Giants;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New York Giants&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New York Giants<\/a> running back Cam Skattebo is catching a lot of heat after he made comments a few days ago about CTE.<\/p>\n<p>When asked in a recent interview about CTE, he said this: \u201cYou think CTE is a real thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Skattebo: \u201cNo, it\u2019s an excuse.\u201d The running back also believes asthma is an excuse, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah just literally breath air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skattebo said earlier this season that he\u2019d never consider wearing a guardian cap and doesn\u2019t fear any potential brain damage. Naturally, his comments raised eyebrows among many.<\/p>\n<p>CTE, or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, is a brain injury that occurs after too many hits to the head.<\/p>\n<p>Several NFL players have suffered from it and some to this day. Former NFL players have also committed suicide because of it.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Seau, Mike Webster, Kenny Stabler, Dave Dureson, and Aaron Hernandez all committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>All suffered from a form of CTE. Many blame Hernandez\u2019s actions on CTE. Hernandez was convicted of murder and served life in prison until he committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon also suffers from CTE, but has been trying to undergo treatment to decrease its effects on him.<\/p>\n<p>Skattebo will probably get a lot of blowback from his comments, and it will be interesting to watch how he handles it.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/touchdown\/2026\/03\/21\/new-york-giants-running-back-says-cte-is-fake\/89261841007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Giants running back says CTE is &#039;fake&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Giants running back says CTE is &#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Giants running back says CTE is &#8216;fake&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo is catching a lot of heat after he made comments a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":672096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[67304,92891,531,283610,75870,4716,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-672095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-aaron-hernandez","tag-cam-skattebo","tag-chicago-bears","tag-committed-suicide","tag-cte","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116268675246044559","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}