{"id":45850,"date":"2018-07-16T17:42:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=45850"},"modified":"2018-07-16T17:43:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T21:43:19","slug":"odell-beckham-jr-and-the-new-york-giants-have-to-play-nice-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/07\/16\/odell-beckham-jr-and-the-new-york-giants-have-to-play-nice-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Odell Beckham, Jr. and the New York Giants Have to Play Nice This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To say that this is an important training camp for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/giants\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Giants<\/a> team brass and their uber-talented, yet mercurial wide receiver <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BeckOd00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Odell Beckham,<\/a> <\/strong>Jr. is to put it simply, an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>With training camp set to kick off in less than two weeks time, the Giants and Beckham both find themselves at a proverbial fork in the road.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in no way hyperbole to say that this year\u2019s training camp is of the utmost importance for Beckham. With him coming off a season-ending ankle injury, how Beckham performs this summer will go a long way in him reestablishing himself as one of the NFL\u2019s elite receivers. The fallout of how he does will go hand-in-hand with the Giants desire to grant Beckham a lucrative extension\u2014which is something the Giants have deliberated on since the 2017 season ended.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Can Odell Beckham, Jr. and the New York Giants Get Closer to a Long-Term Deal This Summer?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>While Beckham and the Giants\u2019 team brass in the past have had a contentious relationship, there is no doubting the pure ability that Beckham possesses and what he brings to the football field. The Giants obviously know this and realize his importance to their aging quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MannEl00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eli Manning<\/a><\/strong>. It will be hard for the Giants to not want to lock up the services of Beckham regardless of his well-known antics on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Beckham endured a damaging and worrisome injury, he has looked no worse for the wear this spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p>Check him out on these routes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Okayyyyy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OBJ_3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OBJ_3<\/a>. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mx5SV2nFtb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mx5SV2nFtb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LWOSports (@lwosports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwosports\/status\/1014220081805643781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, the above video is just your typical Beckham spectacle, complete with jaw-dropping moves added with a pizzazz only Beckham can provide. It\u2019s like he never got injured.<\/p>\n<p>Manning has noticed how spry and athletic Beckham has looked of late and Manning said he expects the Beckham of old.<\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/24057457\/odell-beckham-jr-looking-old-self-says-eli-manning\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Raanan of ESPN.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Odell looked healthy,&#8221; Manning said during an appearance at the Offense-Defense Football Camp on behalf of the Gatorade Beat The Heat program at Kean University. &#8220;He was running routes full speed, making cuts and seemed to be his old self. So I&#8217;m excited about that and that he can go out there and run all the routes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So, excited to get him back going once training camp hits up. And getting on the same page, there are always new routes and new tweaks to the offense. But I know he&#8217;s been working hard and is going to have a big year.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So far this off-season, Beckham has played the part of the good soldier. He is saying all the correct things while trying to remain in the good graces of the Giants\u2019 organization. Beckham has repeatedly stated that he is not planning on holding out and that he will report to camp when the Giants reconvene at Quest Diagnostics Training Center on July 26.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between Beckham and the Giants has to be a two-way street of honesty and compliance. The line of communication has to be open, honest, respectful and transparent. It would be best for all parties to not let Beckham\u2019s contract negotiations become a circus and railroad the season before it even begins\u2014 especially with the season the Giants are coming off of (3-13).<\/p>\n<p>Now is Beckham worth all the money he wants? He reportedly wants to be compensated in the range of $20 million a year. Should the Giants give him such a contract? Perhaps. Perhaps not.<\/p>\n<p>That is not the main point.<\/p>\n<p>However, if it was up to former coach <strong>Ben McAdoo<\/strong>, the Giants should no doubt lock Beckham up long term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry scoring points without him,\u201d McAdoo said (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/07\/12\/fired-giants-coach-thinks-odell-beckham-decision-is-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">per Paul Schwartz of the New York Post<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s tough.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>More from the Post:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFirst of all, I got no idea what they\u2019re planning to do, how he looks, if he\u2019s healthy,\u2019\u2019 McAdoo told The Post. \u201cThat\u2019s a very, very touchy subject. I would say the young man has done everything he can do to earn it. Unfortunately, he got hurt at the worst time you can get hurt, that\u2019s the tough part about it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI love him. He\u2019s a competitor, he\u2019s a fiery, tough, loves playing, loves his teammates. They\u2019re not gonna let him out of there. They\u2019ll find a way to get it done. It makes too much sense to get it done.\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whether Beckham is worth the money\u2014again\u2014is not the main underlying point here. It\u2019s all about proving worth to each other this camp with mutual respect, dignity, and class. There is going to be some give and take all July and August and the optics of how it will proceed will be the telling storyline.<\/p>\n<p>How the two parties conduct business and not let distractions get in the way is of the utmost importance to team morale. Considering the Giants are coming off a very humbling season along with wanting to get their offense jump started with the return of Beckham in addition to the exciting addition of <a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/09\/saquon-barkley-2018-nfl-draft-profile-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Saquon Barkley<\/strong><\/a>, they need things to run smoothly this summer.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the extension talks will get resolved one way or another. It\u2019s now up to Beckham and the Giants to let that process play out naturally and distraction free.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rd4Urzs0S3xzC4yfwVXYPQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/853172616\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rd4Urzs0S3xzC4yfwVXYPQ',sig:'90bamT1LFTVbk6_GkhkYxUdSVQQkcpz6OgwmT3PQbh0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'853172616',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To say that this is an important training camp for the New York Giants&#8217; team brass and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. would be an understatement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2674,"featured_media":45857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[54,2,20],"tags":[478,61,92,40,514],"class_list":["post-45850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorials","category-featured","category-giants","tag-eli-manning","tag-football","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-odell-beckham-jr"],"modified_by":"John Bava","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}