Odell Beckham sets date to meet with Giants as Cowboys loom

Odell Beckham’s return to the Giants’ facility is ready for Thursday.

Whether or not or not he finally indicators with the crew that chosen him with the No. 12 general choose within the 2014 NFL Draft stays to be seen. The brand new Giants entrance workplace, led by normal supervisor Joe Schoen, needs to satisfy the often-electric but additionally injury-prone large receiver, with the primary order of enterprise figuring out how his left knee has healed following surgical procedure in late February to restore a second torn anterior cruciate ligament. 

The assembly with the Giants is anticipated to roll into Friday, The Put up confirmed. NFL Community was first to report the precise dates of the go to. Beckham will meet with the Cowboys on Dec. 5. He's additionally anticipated to go to with the Payments sooner or later.

Sunday’s incident, which noticed Beckham get kicked off a flight from Miami to Los Angeles, isn't anticipated to change plans for the assembly.

Beckham, 30, is anxious to hook on with a crew for the rest of this season and signal a deal that may even pay him in 2023. The Giants, 7-4 and squarely within the NFC playoff image however using a two-game shedding streak, are determined for assist at receiver. They have no idea if Beckham can present any help down the stretch of this season, given he has not stepped foot on a follow discipline and it'll take him time to ramp as much as the calls for of an precise NFL recreation. His final motion was Feb. 13, when he helped the Rams win the Tremendous Bowl.

It's uncertain the Giants will commit important cash to Beckham for 2023.  

Odell Beckham Jr. playing for the Giants against the Buccaneers on Nov. 18, 2018.
Odell Beckham Jr. taking part in for the Giants in opposition to the Buccaneers on Nov. 18, 2018.
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The Cowboys have been much more aggressive of their outward pursuit of Beckham, with gamers brazenly recruiting him. Not lengthy after the Cowboys defeated the Giants 28-20 on Thanksgiving, quarterback Dak Prescott mentioned, “He is aware of how a lot I need him right here, and quite a lot of the fellows on this locker room have reached out on their very own in numerous methods.” 

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones was equally direct. 

“Odell may assist us,” Jones mentioned. “I consider that proper now. Now, we’ve received to make it match and that’s the problem right here.”

After that recreation, Beckham tweeted, “They went krazy at this time,” accompanied by an eyeballs emoji.

Odell Beckham Jr. (r.) at the Heat-Wizards game in Miami on Nov. 23, 2022.
Odell Beckham Jr. (r.) on the Warmth-Wizards recreation in Miami on Nov. 23, 2022.
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Saquon Barkley, a teammate of Beckham’s in 2018, two weeks in the past mentioned, “He is aware of how I really feel, he is aware of how we really feel about him. He’s Odell. He’s a heck of a participant. When he’s wholesome, he’s top-of-the-line gamers within the league. Why wouldn’t anyone need him?”

The “when he’s wholesome” disclaimer is what the Giants want to seek out out.

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