The San Francisco 49ers had their eyes opened on Sunday as they lost an ugly game to the Houston Texans 26-15. The team needs help on defense in a big way, and a gruesome injury for the New York Giants could open the door for that.
Running back Cam Skattebo suffered a brutal ankle injury on Sunday as the Giants took on the Philadelphia Eagles. He is done for the year, which is an absolute shame after he got off to such a hot start and was looking like a breakout rookie.
Skattebo was making the Niners look fairly foolish for not taking him in the NFL Draft last April because he seemed like a perfect complement (and potentially even a successor) to Christian McCaffrey in San Francisco's backfield, but that is not how things shook out.