Giants QB Jaxson Dart on OBJ: 'He's still got it'
Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart said he was excited to take the field with Odell Beckham Jr., a player he was a fan of growing up. Dart said OBJ has "still got it" and is an icon that changed the game.
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Watched Odell play, I'm sure, as another player.
What's it like now having as a teammate going into the season?
From that perspective, I would say it's pretty nostalgic just to, like As a kid, you know, that's like, an icon in a way, where you, you feel like he changed the game a little bit.
Like, you know, you're in your backyard as a young kid, you know, talking about, like, Odell, when you catch it one hand or just things like that.
So, that part, it's a, it's a really cool experience.
From a player standpoint, just, you know, really just proud of him.
You know, he came in here, he earned it.
He got better each and every week, and he's playing his best ball since he got here right now, from just alignment, assignment, playing fast, getting open, making plays.
So, you know, really proud of him and just, like, the de-dedication that he's put in to, to get him to this point and, you know, he's a great teammate as well.
So there's a lot that, that we as, as younger guys can, can learn from him.
And he's, he's still a great player.
Jackson, was there a moment where I think most people when they saw Odell sign, it was like, "Okay, they're, they're giving him a shot.
They're gonna give him an opportunity."
But whether it was you guys working out on the side away from here and just, was there a moment where you realized, "No, this guy can still play a little bit.
There's still something left other than just the name"?
Yeah, I think I, I started to realize that probably, like, when you said just, like, the extra work that we put in in the off season where, you know, you hear stories like this and you don't really know how, like, dedicated somebody's gonna be when they walk into a situation like this because he's, he's damn near had it all, right?
And he's experienced and had so much success.
But you know, I knew he was serious when, you know, he's flying out across the country to, to come throw with me to get those extra reps in.
And, when you just have that one-on-one time, you see, you know, his talent, and the things that make him a special player.
So I think just from, like, those experiences and him growing each and every week, you s- you realize that he's still got it.
