Odell Beckham Jr. got extremely candid about Eli Manning and the Giants. Here’s what you need to know
Odell Beckham Jr. gave a stunningly honest interview with ESPN this weekend, ahead of the Giants’ 31-33 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. He didn’t hold anything back. Beckham openly discussed his frustration with the organization, the underwhelming offense, how he wants more opportunities to shine, and when he was asked about Eli Manning, he was speechless.
Speaking with Josina Anderson, Beckham laid out everything he has problems with inside the organization, the kind of information we normally get a taste of via leaks and post-season chatter, not a national interview in the middle of the season.
The Giants were 25th in the NFL in total yardage, 21st in passing, and 29th in scoring prior to this week’s game. Beckham was accounting for over a third of the team receiving yards by himself, which was true again this week when he had 131 receiving yards of the team’s 382 net yards through the air.
Beckham had one touchdown catch and threw a 57-yard touchdown on a trick play in the game. It was the first time since Week 17 of the 2015 season that the Giants scored more than 30 points in a single game.
So what did Beckham say in his interview?
He believes his career has stagnated because of the Giants.
“I don’t feel like I’m being given the opportunity to be the very best that I can, to bring that every single day — and that’s really all I want to do, to bring that every single day. Since I’ve been here I’ve put up numbers, records have been broken and all those good things, not to say mean nothing to me, but I know they could have been double, or triple whatever they are now. That’s the part that bothers me.”
Beckham was a first-round pick in 2014. That season, he became the first rookie with more than 75 catches, 1,100 yards and 10 touchdowns, and was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year. In 2016, he became the fastest player to reach 200 receptions and 4,000 receiving yards.
But in his first five seasons, the team only made the playoffs once, in 2016, losing to the Packers in an NFC Wild Card game.
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