Giants RB Cam Skattebo's 10-Second Camera Staredown Becomes a Meme: 78 Rushing Yards, Two Touchdowns, and a Pretzel Hot Dog That Made Him Throw Up
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo stared down a broadcast camera for about 10 seconds during Thursday Night Football on November 12, and the clip spread across social media that night as fans turned it into memes. According to USA TODAY's For The Win and Larry Brown Sports on November 13, the game was played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and the Giants ultimately lost 24-21 to the Washington Commanders.
The moment came at the start of the fourth quarter. As the Giants prepared to resume an offensive drive, the Amazon Prime broadcast panned to Skattebo, who realized he was on camera and locked his wide-open eyes on the lens without smiling or waving. Barstool Sports, sharing the clip on X, wrote that he is "just a psychopath who happens to be good at football." Fans followed with their own captions, including "What my microwave sees at 3am" and "Me reading the food truck menu."
It was not his first time drawing the cameras that night. Before the start of the second quarter, he leaned over from his seat on the sideline and threw up at his feet onto the turf, then was seen smiling and laughing after covering it with a towel, as Prime sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung described on the broadcast. Asked after the game what had happened, Skattebo said: "I had a pretzel-wrapped hot dog. It didn't sit quite right in the stomach. Nothing crazy. Got rid of it, felt good after."
The episode did not slow him down. Skattebo carried the ball 18 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 44 yards, in one of his best games of the season. The Giants could not hold their lead, however: Washington came back late, a final-minute interception of Giants quarterback JJ McCarthy sealed the game, and the score stood at 24-21.
The same game also produced an earlier viral clip of Giants backup quarterback Jameis Winston singing "Who Let the Dogs Out" as part of his cadence, which GSM has previously reported. Two viral moments from one Thursday night game are a large part of why it kept being shared well beyond the field.
Source: USA TODAY
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Photo: 资料图：新泽西州East Rutherford的大都会人寿球场航拍（Anthony Quintano摄，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons），已裁为16:9，非涉事比赛画面。/ File photo: Aerial view of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (photo by Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons), cropped to 16:9; not an image from the game in question.
