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Should I start Cam Skattebo or Malik Davis in Week 8?

Updated Oct 27, 12:21 PM ET.

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Start Cam Skattebo: he has been on the field this season, 43 percent of the snaps, and Malik Davis has no snap on record yet. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

RB · NYG · on bye this week

2026 vs carries line 4-3

Market-based projection
7.0 pts a game Wk 7 price
Overall rank
237

RB · DAL · bye 14

2025 vs anytime td line 2-8

Overall rank
241

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Cam Skattebo, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Malik Davis, and the board ranks him 241st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Cam Skattebo, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Malik Davis, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 7

Through Week 7, Cam Skattebo has been on the field for 54 percent of NYG snaps, taken 50 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 23 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 3 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 5 against WAS he carried 13 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NO he carried 0 times for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against HOU he carried 17 times for 124 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -3 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Malik Davis this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cam Skattebo played 8 games and scored 127.7 PPR points, 16.0 a game, finishing RB37.

He carried 101 times for 410 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 32 targets for 207 more yards.

That came to 12.6 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Malik Davis played 10 games and scored 40.6 PPR points, 4.1 a game, finishing RB73.

He carried 52 times for 250 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 5 targets for 16 more yards.

That came to 5.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 23 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Malik Davis was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cam Skattebo scored 16.0 PPR points a game and Malik Davis 4.1, 11.9 a game between them.

Cam Skattebo finished RB37 that year and Malik Davis RB73.

Cam Skattebo had 49 more carries than Malik Davis, 101 to 52.

Cam Skattebo had 22 more catches than Malik Davis, 24 to 2.

Byes and availability

Cam Skattebo is off in Week 8 and Malik Davis in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

Cam Skattebo is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Malik Davis is listed as ir on the injury report.

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