Cam Skattebo Rips 'Dumb' Underdog Label After Giants' Win to Be 1st in NFC East Standings

New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo wanted to prove a point in Sunday's 36-24 win over the Arizona Cardinals.

"It's dumb. It's dumb to be underdogs at home, especially when you're a good football team," he told reporters after the game. "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 didn't earn a lot of style points in their victory. Skattebo and Najee Harris combined to run for 88 yards on 27 carries, while quarterback Jameis Winston delivered what's a trademark performance for him. He threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns but had two interceptions and got sacked four times.

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New York benefited from Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett throwing three interceptions himself. The last one was a pick-six on the game's final play with Arizona looking at 4th-and-goal from the 4-yard line.

To the victor go the spoils.

Skattebo has every right to savor the result and call out the Giants' skeptics with his squad leading the NFC East at 3-1.

But the final score is a little deceiving as to how close New York was to validating its underdog status.