Skattebo scoffs at first-place Giants' underdog tag: 'It's dumb' - ESPN

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants were underdogs at home against the Arizona Cardinals. That didn't sit well with running back Giants Cam Skattebo and some of his teammates.

Skattebo and the Giants beat the Cardinals 36-24 on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, improving to 3-0 at home this season and 3-1 overall — and in first place in the NFC East.

«It's dumb. It's dumb to be underdogs at home, especially when you're a good football team,» Skattebo said. «When people want to bet against you at your own place and you have a team coming from a six-hour flight on a time change, it's a pretty brutal feeling as a team when you feel you're put underneath them. We came out here and handled business.»

The Giants were 2.5-point underdogs against the Cardinals (1-3) on Sunday, according to DraftKings. They are playing without quarterback Jaxson Dart and linebacker Brian Burns, both who are out for the remainder of the season because of knee injuries.

The lack of respect didn't go unnoticed in the locker room.

«We talked about it as a team. I think we were underdogs with them coming into our house,» Skattebo said. «I think that was kind of BS. This is our home. This is our house. These guys love each other. They know we have to protect our castle. They got it done. We got it done — 3-0 at home is pretty good.»

It's pretty rare for the Cardinals to get this kind of respect. They had been underdogs in their previous 15 games before Sunday. It also snapped a streak of 25 straight games of quarterback Jacoby Brissett being an underdog as a starter. Both were the longest active streaks in the NFL, according to ESPN Research.

The Giants fell behind 14-3 in the first quarter but rallied thanks to quarterback Jameis Winston, who threw