Giants 'undecided' in signing back OBJ
Mike Florio shares why he does not think the New York Giants will sign Odell Beckham Jr. back with the reporting of the two sides interested in a reunion.
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They've been linked to Odell Beckham Jr., and he's been in the news for weeks now.
He participated in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic.
He had a great catch, one-handed, vintage OBJ on a two-point conversion.
That ball's like a Nerf ball, though, but still, it was impressive.
And he said he wants to use it as a springboard to get back into the NFL.
And then when everybody was at the Biltmore in Arizona, which has been talked about recently for other reasons in the league meetings, but when everyone was there, he went.
That's the thing to do.
That's the play.
Show up.
They're all there.
He went and met with the Giants, had a workout recently, but Coach John Harbaugh said on Saturday, "We're undecided, and he's undecided."
Well, I don't How-- Why would he be undecided?
Who, who else out there is trying to sign Odell Beckham Jr.?
He wants to come back to the Giants.
He's wanted to come back to the Giants for years now.
I think that this ain't happening.
I think that when you look at what Harbaugh said, if it was gonna happen, it would've happened by now.
Now, maybe they'll keep him on speed dial in the event that there's an injury at some point.
But I get the impression Odell Beckham Jr. is not going to be a member of the New York Giants anytime soon.
All right, let's put the next one up.
This is getting interesting now because I may have lost track of what I was planning to do.
Oh, there it is.
How about this one?
And I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
There may be some folks in the Giants organization who don't like that I'm putting this out.
I'm speaking directly to anyone named Mara.
Steve Tisch no longer owns any part of your team.
If you wanna keep him as the chairman of the board, that's fine.
But what are you doing having him in the draft room front and center clappity clapping when they cut I mean, t-talk about bad optics, and look, we've had some examples of piss-poor PR in recent weeks, and we're gonna get to that as the capper for this thing.
But to have the guy who's been linked to Jeffrey Epstein with some skeevy pervy emails, with some other reporting from other outlets that create the impression that maybe he's playing that game of, "Hey, I'll help you with your career if you help me with something else," and the league just looks the other way on it, and the league's position is, "Well, he doesn't own the team anymore.
He's transferred his interest to a trust that will hold the team, keep that equity in the name of his children."
But he's still the chairman of the board.
He shouldn't be.
If the excuse for the NFL is he's not an owner anymore, so we don't need to do anything, then it's time to go.
Why are you there?
Why are you there?
And hey, it's not like Joe Schoen, the GM, or John Harbaugh, the head coach, can do anything about it.
They work for ownership.
But ownership, John Mara, Chris Mara, Annie Mara, what are you doing?
Steve Tisch must go.
And at the bare minimum, he must not be standing in front of the camera every time they cut to your draft room.
All right-
