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Browns acquiring OBJ from Giants
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Odell Beckham Jr. trade signifies a complete Giants rebuild
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/g...-jr-trade-signifies-a-complete-giants-rebuild
If this trade did anything for the Giants, it made them pick a side. There is no more straddling the line of restocking on the fly or trying to compete. They saw what happened last year (5-11) when they chose the latter. The Giants are now rebuilding, even if it's a year too late.
It raises so many questions, such as: Why didn't they go in this direction last year with a new head coach, new general manager, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft and a 37-year-old quarterback coming off a 3-13 season? Why didn't they trade Beckham before signing him to a then-record deal for a wide receiver? Now, the Giants wasted a year and will incur a $16 million dead money hit this season adding to their already substantial total. They also paid Beckham $21.5 million for 12 games last season. And is GM Dave Gettleman really the right man to be tasked with this massive overhaul?
That is quite a sales pitch Gettleman must have presented to owners John Mara and Steve Tisch. Sorry about botching it last year boss, but we need to trade the most explosive playmaker this once-proud organization has ever seen. Probably not an easy one to execute. But he did.
Gettleman and the Giants surely had their reasons. Beckham butted heads with management on several occasions last year, once when he participated in an interview with ESPN's Josina Anderson and Lil Wayne, and again when he talked too much publicly about his quad injury. And maybe there was more. But Beckham was a player the locker room loved and his work ethic was unquestioned. He was a difference-maker when he was on the field. Now, he's gone and the masses don't seem pleased. The reaction to their franchise isn't going to be an easy one for ownership to stomach.
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/g...-jr-trade-signifies-a-complete-giants-rebuild
If this trade did anything for the Giants, it made them pick a side. There is no more straddling the line of restocking on the fly or trying to compete. They saw what happened last year (5-11) when they chose the latter. The Giants are now rebuilding, even if it's a year too late.
It raises so many questions, such as: Why didn't they go in this direction last year with a new head coach, new general manager, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft and a 37-year-old quarterback coming off a 3-13 season? Why didn't they trade Beckham before signing him to a then-record deal for a wide receiver? Now, the Giants wasted a year and will incur a $16 million dead money hit this season adding to their already substantial total. They also paid Beckham $21.5 million for 12 games last season. And is GM Dave Gettleman really the right man to be tasked with this massive overhaul?
That is quite a sales pitch Gettleman must have presented to owners John Mara and Steve Tisch. Sorry about botching it last year boss, but we need to trade the most explosive playmaker this once-proud organization has ever seen. Probably not an easy one to execute. But he did.
Gettleman and the Giants surely had their reasons. Beckham butted heads with management on several occasions last year, once when he participated in an interview with ESPN's Josina Anderson and Lil Wayne, and again when he talked too much publicly about his quad injury. And maybe there was more. But Beckham was a player the locker room loved and his work ethic was unquestioned. He was a difference-maker when he was on the field. Now, he's gone and the masses don't seem pleased. The reaction to their franchise isn't going to be an easy one for ownership to stomach.
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dumb Eli for a Burger and Fries or tell him he can stay and backup and coach.
Time to tank and build ......:0002
Time to tank and build ......:0002
