The 7-2 Giants and 6-3 Cowboys are jockeying for playoff position, and the NFC East rivals are also competing to land the biggest fish on the free agent market. As Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL.com report, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is set to meet with both clubs after the Thanksgiving holiday, and there are no other known visits on OBJ’s schedule at this time.
We learned just last week that Beckham hopes to sign by the end of November, and with visits now being planned, he may be able to achieve that goal. Of course, contract talks will be of particular importance here. Beckham is reportedly seeking a multi-year deal and is looking to be paid like Chris Godwin and Mike Williams, both of whom make $20MM per season. That is a big ask for a player that has suffered two recent ACL tears, and it could be too steep for New York, which has seen last year’s Kenny Golladay contract turn into an albatross.
On the other hand, Golladay’s underperformance and injury problems are a big reason why the Giants are in the Beckham market in the first place. The team is desperate for receiving help to add another dimension to its Saquon Barkley-dominated offense and to provide quarterback Daniel Jones with a reliable pass catcher outside of Darius Slayton — who was a release/trade candidate this summer — and diminutive rookie Wan’Dale Robinson. Plus, GM Joe Schoen should have a healthy cap situation in 2023, so he could make the financials work if he is willing to make the type of bold move that would define his early tenure as the Giants’ top exec.
Ralph Vacchiano of FOX Sports observes that Schoen was unwilling to swing a deadline trade for Texans receiver Brandin Cooks and his $18MM guaranteed salary for 2023, which makes him skeptical that Schoen would authorize a contract for Beckham near OBJ’s reported price point (Twitter link). Indeed, Vacchiano sees the Cowboys as the more likely landing spot, especially given the public courtship that Dallas owner Jerry Jones and high-profile players like Micah Parsons have engaged in.
Recent reporting indicates that the Cowboys are, in fact, the frontrunners for the three-time Pro Bowler, and Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News suggests that Beckham’s contract is less critical than his health. Gehlken says Dallas already believes Beckham would be a good locker room fit, and that an in-person look at this reconstructed knee is the “final box to check” (Twitter link). The Cowboys, like the Giants, were unable to land an impact wideout at the deadline, and they clearly see another receiver as a major need as they gear up for a postseason push.
OBJ should go back to the Giants for a JOB. The New York fans and papers loved him.
More like “White Male Sports Media loved him”. Look at his Giants resume: Josh Norman. The Boat Trip. The hole in the wall at Lambeau Field. All before the first of his knee injuries.
The Giants are 7-2 overall/0-1 division going into today’s games and now is not the time to indulge in a prodigal son who’s become a diva.
White male sports media loved him?
You obviously didn’t ever listen to Mike Francesa. The biggest white male sports media figure in town at the time.
I do agree that bringing him back in for 20 mil a season is insane. The fact he even thinks he’s worth that much is alarming, as to where his head is at.
Seems like in his head he’s still a top receiver when in his head he should be thinking he still has a lot to prove to become once again a top receiver.
Francesa is a know-it-all and a born liar. Someone whose screen name is that of a murdered baseball player should be able to figure that out.
What does Lyman’s tragic death have to do with anything in this discussion? That was weird.
Whether your judgements of Francesa are legitimate or not, he was still a white male sports media hall of fame broadcaster who did not like Beckham at all.
So again, you obviously either didn’t listen to him or you just forgot. Anyways, what does race have to do with anything? You seem troubled. Everyone in NY loved Odell when he took the league by storm as a rookie. His first three seasons were one of the all time best first three years of a career in NFL history.
Francesa was one of the first to point out that he had to do it for longer before we give him legend status. He was one of the first to criticize his behavior. For every instance you mentioned, no less.
You made a generalization about an entire town, media base and for some reason race. Yet forgot that the biggest media personality in NY who was a white make, at the time agreed with all your Beckham criticisms. Which contradicted your point entirely. But in all fairness, it wasn’t much of a point to begin with.
First: Using a dead man’s name as a screen ID is impersonation.
Second: Mike Francesa is a known hypocrite. Blindly attacks Beckham yet said nothing about the Foxboro Cheatriots. Wails like a banshee whenever he’s called out as a liar. Retired and unretired from his radio gig because he’s an attention whore.
Third: Beckham is worshipped for making a widely-seen circus catch — in a game the Giants lost. Don’t bring up the on-field fight with Josh Norman; Mike Pereira of Fox said on air during that game that Beckham should have been ejected. Don’t bring up the Boat Trip, which happened the week before the Giants had a playoff game in Green Bay. Don’t bring up the hole in the wall which Beckham punched after the Giants got their ass kicked in said playoff game.
Moral: NFL clubs indulge in divas at their own risk — and Beckham has become a diva.
Ya know when someone says “they hit a home run with that signing” you know they are a baseball fan…..”hole in one with the that” it’s a golf fan…..and so on and so forth. But when you pigeonhole your comments with “White male blah blah blah” you likely spent too much of you’re life searching for ways to bash white people. In essence you sir…..are a racist. Or maybe you should change the channel or hell….shut your TV off completely and try looking for the good in people, not the ugly. And if someone doesn’t like Odel it certainly doesn’t mean they are racist.
It’s ok to racist if it’s against white men
Yawn…..
A 30 year old WR recovering from a surgically repaired ACL that hasn’t engaged in football activities since last season is going to wear his Superman cape and suddenly take an already excellent team to the promise land? The latest reports indicate he won’t even be able to do football activities on that ACL until mid December.
I don’t have hate for OBJ, but from a football point of view, I’m not seeing the rush to sign this guy.
Wouldn’t help the Cowboys as Dak couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat.
That’s actually a pretty cool ability. So he basically can’t drown? He just hovers over the water.
Poor Jerry Jones. He spends over $250MM for a status symbol and guys like leftcoaster still call it a boat…lol.
22/25 today so I’d say he’d hit that water just fine. But you tried so good for you!
This comment didn’t age well…
Have this completely unfounded hunch that 1. he and Jerry agree on a deal 2. he gets injured in first game and 3. is out for the balance of the season.
Is he even better than Slayton at this point?
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The Giants are frauds – thus if he is looking for a Championship he should avoid them. But if he is looking to be stupidly over-paid for his declining contributions they are probably his first choice.
I’d suggest the Giants have conclusively proven that Gettleman was the fraud. The Cowboys are ranked 28th in time of possession so how likely are they to provide Beckham with a championship?
Based off this odd theory, that means Washington and Cleveland are Super Bowl favorites since they are both top 4 teams in time of possession.
My comment was about teams at the bottom of the list not the top. I’d also suggest the theory is well supported as only 5 of the past 25 champions were on the wrong side of 30 minutes in time of possession.
The top 5 teams in T.O.P are The Commanders, Packers, Cardinals, Bears and Colts.
The bottom 5 are the Seahawks, Jets, Texans, Cowboys and Bucs
I think you need a better stat to judge a team’s success rate.
They both can have a bidding war for him. But when whoever gets him they gotta come through Philly. Good luck with Slay and Bradberry. Ask Justin Jefferson about Slay