Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. says he’s optimistic about a new deal coming together, but the two sides still have a ways to go. The Giants latest offer to OBJ would give him an average annual salary below that of Chiefs wide receiver Sammy Watkins, according to Josina Anderson of ESPN.com (on Twitter). 
Watkins signed a three-year, $48MM deal with the Chiefs this offseason, meaning that the Giants have offered Beckham less than $16MM per year. Assuming the offer is still in the $15MM/year range, it’s not quite chump change, but it would put Beckham outside of the top five for wide receivers when it comes to new money.
At the moment, Watkins is at the top of the list, but that will change in 2019 when new deals kick in for Antonio Brown ($17MM per year), Mike Evans ($16.5MM), DeAndre Hopkins ($16.2MM), and Brandin Cooks ($16.2MM) leapfrog Watkins. OBJ’s team, meanwhile, is likely seeking a deal to make him the highest-paid receiver in the NFL. So, clearly, there’s a large divide that needs to be bridged. In the the meantime, OBJ’s agent Zeke Sandhu has left town, Anderson tweets.
If OBJ does not sign an extension with the Giants, the club can still control him through two consecutive franchise tags. No new deal for OBJ means taking a risk and potentially not seeing the open market until after the 2020 season.
Giants can’t get out of their own way lol.
Yes and no. I don’t think they should be offering him anything until they see what he can do for a full season coming off the injury.
Why does the NFL still report on AVV? Just talk guaranteed parts of contracts….
Guaranteed money often isn’t reported until the contract is agreed upon. You also have the issue of how much is guaranteed flat out and how much is guaranteed for injury. Reporting AAV gives a decent idea of how much the contract would be worth and how it compares to other players. But for the most part, the amount of money that would be guaranteed isn’t usually announced until both sides end up agreeing to the deal. Le’veon Bell is the only guy who I can think of that had a contract’s guaranteed amount made publicly known before it was agreed upon/signed (not that Bell signed).
embarrassing.
Might be worth it if he could play an entire season.
Gotta prove he’s over all his health issues to warrant that kinda money
did anyone else after reading this wonder how sammy watkins was able to weasel his way into the top paid wr spot?
Still waiting for Obj to do something, anything that would warrant discussing him with AB, Cooks, Evans etc…
Crazy to want top money with top numbers. I’d send him packing.
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