Debating Odell Beckham Jr.'s Impact on the New York Giants
Grant Mona and John Browner examine Odell Beckham Jr.'s return to the New York Giants, balancing his star allure with his actual on-field effectiveness.
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I, I, I really don't, I really don't understand.
A- and he must be really influential in that locker room.
They must really need him as a locker room guy, 'cause he's always been a good guy.
But from a talent standpoint, what can he really offer you if you're the Giants?
When you have a guy like Odell Beckham Jr.- Good segue.
Please in N- right, in New York, but you got a guy like Aaron Donald, these are different types of comebacks.
This is one guy who didn't need to do it and is doing it, and now it feels like another guy who was just hanging on trying to recapture a catch.
Yeah.
'Cause again, Odell Beckham Jr. Was great for the Rams but he di- they didn't need him.
He was- I was- He made- No, you're right.
They didn't need him he made a catch.
Yeah.
They didn't need him.
They had Cooper Kupp.
But he was awesome that year, I will say.
Yeah, he was great.
I, that's, I'm not But that's what I'm saying.
I'm not trying to take away from what he did, 'cause he contributed to them winning the championship- Yeah 1,000%.
But they would've found somebody else to do what he did.
It's just, just my opinion.
And for him to now be going back to New York, I don't see the relevance in that.
I don't see what John Harbaugh is trying to get out of him, unless he wants him in the locker room with the guys that he has, 'cause Odell Beckham is a good locker room guy.
So you didn't You weren't impressed by any 'Cause he had a pretty decent pre-season- Zero game last game.
Zero.
Zero.
I- His athleticism looks like it's still there.
Zero.
Good nostalgia factor.
I, I'm not buying it.
I, I'm not- It doesn't move you at all.
Bro, I'm not buying the If I'm the Giants, I'm, I'm the Giants, I'm not buying nostalgia.
We got a new head coach.
We got a quarterback who can't stay out the blue tent, and we got a running back who can't do a back flip after a torn ACL.
I, I don't need m- I don't need another guy doing something where the media's gonna be like, "Yo, you see what Odell Beckham Jr.
Did?"
'Cause, and believe it or not, his name, the fact that we're talking about it here, his name is probably the biggest name in that locker room.
He's bigger- than- True he's, he's bigger than Jaxson Dart.
Yeah.
He's bigger than, uh- Scout Abu and- He's bigger than Scout Abu Malik Nabers, for sure.
He's bigger than, he's bigger than those dudes.
So putting on a helmet and running out of the locker room, everyone in that stadium will know who Odell Beckham Jr. Is.
Well, that's my thing.
Like- I think, I think this was just, like, an, an owner move, right?
Because the G- like, you and I would agree, right John?
The Giants aren't going anywhere this year.
Like, they're not gonna make the playoffs.
Ha.
So i- if you're the owner and you're the front office, you're like, "Let's bring in something for the fans, and maybe we can, like, rekindle some energy that he had."
No, see, to me, to me- No?
And, see, i- if that's the situation, then you paying attention to the wrong thing.
You got the best- It's like the Wolves bringing back KG in his, like, late, last year.
You got But that's different.
KG was the franchise.
That, this would be like bringing back Eli Manning.
Oh, okay.
Okay, yeah, yeah.
Like, okay?
So Odell Beckham Jr. Was a working part on a great team.
I just, I just don't necessarily see If this was an owner situation to try to draw attention to the team, Jaxson Dart was popping last year.
Oh, yeah.
Scout Abu and Jax- And Malik Nabers was too, before he got hurt.
Yes.
But Scout Abu and Jaxson Dart together- felt like Animal House.
Yeah.
Like, that was on television everywhere.
Yeah.
That worked to a- Yeah certain part of America.
That 1,000% works.
It's like having two Gronks.
Like, it's awesome.
And so therefore you don't need another version of that in a, in a, in a completely different fashion.
So i- if that was the reason, I don't like it.
I don't know.
I, I'm kinda on board with it.
And l- listen, it's not, not like they're paying him $40 million.
It's like, "Ah, if he doesn't work out, we can cut him."
But-
