Tyrone Tracy Jr. Camp Update — August 23: A second fumble in as many weeks

Tyrone Tracy Jr. put the ball on the ground again Saturday, fumbling in Miami's end of the field during the Giants' 26 to three win — his second consecutive week with a turnover-adjacent mistake, per Michael Haney and Patricia Traina at Giants On SI, who listed him among the game's losers and noted the trend line themselves. A week ago it was two missed blitz pickups against Minnesota, one of which got Jaxson Dart hit; this week, with a chance to answer in a game most starters sat, the answer was a fumble deep in scoring territory while Devin Singletary ran for a 13-yard touchdown and Jameis Winston's backups rolled.

The room got harder to hide in midweek. The Giants signed Najee Harris to a one-year deal Tuesday, per Myles Simmons at Pro Football Talk — John Harbaugh says the veteran is "not back 100 percent" from his Achilles and needs a ramp — and the beat spent the week reaffirming the top of the depth chart, with ESPN's Jordan Raanan reporting Cam Skattebo remains the first back up at practice, as relayed by Zac Wassink at Yardbarker. Every name added above or beside Tracy shrinks the passing-down seat that was always his most realistic claim, and ball security is the first tax any back pays for passing-down trust.

Back in June our preview built Tracy's case on 2000-scrimmage-yard seasons and 74 catches in two years, with the passing-down role as the realistic seat — and two preseason games have now tested him at the two skills that seat demands, protection and possession, and found both wanting. The résumé from two real seasons does not vanish in a fortnight of August, but the audition is going one direction, and the staff just gave itself alternatives.

Watch next: whether Tracy plays Friday against the Jets with something to prove or gets the veteran-rest treatment, and where his name sits when the 53-man roster and the first depth chart land after Sunday's cutdown. We'll check after cut day.

_Data via nflverse._