Walter Football - Look at what he did in his final six games: 60 receptions, 842 yards, nine touchdowns. Extrapolate that over a full 16-game slate, and you'd get 160 catches, 2,245 yards and 24 scores.
King MMQB - In the last two months of the 2014 season, Beckham played nine football games for the Giants. His average game: nine catches, 133.2 receiving yards, one touchdown.
Few questions:
What can other teams defensive coordinators do to stop/slow down Beckham?
Is he as good as the numbers above suggest?
The 'Dynamic Duo' of Manning/Beckham: What kind of numbers [catches, yards, tds] will they deliver over the next 5 years?
All in all, its exciting to think about this offenses potential.
We should have a more well rounded O with Cruz back, an improved O line and some running and receiving threats out of the back field
Whatever they deliver, here will still be some morons out there who will say, "Imagine what he could have done with a real quarterback?"
we need atleast 2 WRs that are competing for career years, and a third WR that comes up huge once or twice a game. that's the only way we're going to get back to winning.
With a healthy Cruz both Beckham and RR numbers could go down. But that bullshit about now they got tape on him is such a weak and lazy argument. Rams double and tripled team him and he scorched them. Seattle put their best corner and probably the 2nd best corner in the NFL on him and he made plays on him which led to said corner singing his praises. It is insulting to think some guy on the sideline who isn't playing somehow has the answer to take away his physical gifts, instincts and route running.
Too much risk for Giant in wins and in selling Giant merchandise.
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The 'Dynamic Duo' of Manning/Beckham: What kind of numbers [catches, yards, tds] will they deliver over the next 5 years?
Whatever they deliver, here will still be some morons out there who will say, "Imagine what he could have done with a real quarterback?"
WTH? Anyone who says that isn't a Giants fan. With Eli and the new offense, Beckham and anyone else will be in a great position to succeed.
Yes I do think they were trying, but failing. Which is why I qualified my statement that "some are gonna be successful". Obviously they weren't last year, but eventually some team is going to shut down Beckham. I'm not sure how, but it will happen at some point. It is far more realistic to expect his play to regress a bit then to expect him to continue the pace he had at the end of last year for a full season.
I'd be happy to be wrong, I just don't expect to be.
You can't just extrapolate this season out to 16 games and expect that every year.
Strahan didn't get 22.5 every season. In fact, he never got to 20 again.
gmen9892 : 10:53 am : link : reply
In the final 6 games of the season, when Beckham was the ONLY legit threat on the field?
Who did they play? Dallas was the only team that had something to play for....
First of all, those 6 teams were not the best defenses against the pass, did not have the personnel to stop him, and he had a lot of single coverage.....
Next year, he will be their main focus, unless Vereen, Donnell, Randle, etc., step up....add a healthy Cruz, and then you create all kinds of problems for the opposing defense....
But give the kid his kudos....not his fault who he played against.....he played in 6 meaningless games.....next year, he gets to show what he can do when it counts....and I think he will do well, especially if the other receivers are threats and this OL can stay healthy...
Something to be said when you have a whole offseason to review tape and gameplan rather then 2 or 3 days in a week before a game
gmen9892 : 10:53 am : link : reply
In the final 6 games of the season, when Beckham was the ONLY legit threat on the field?
Who did they play? Dallas was the only team that had something to play for....
First of all, those 6 teams were not the best defenses against the pass, did not have the personnel to stop him, and he had a lot of single coverage.....
Next year, he will be their main focus, unless Vereen, Donnell, Randle, etc., step up....add a healthy Cruz, and then you create all kinds of problems for the opposing defense....
But give the kid his kudos....not his fault who he played against.....he played in 6 meaningless games.....next year, he gets to show what he can do when it counts....and I think he will do well, especially if the other receivers are threats and this OL can stay healthy...
OBJ was the only threat on the offensive side of the ball for the whole second half of the season. From the Indy game on, he was getting double digit targets every game and was wrecking everyone in his path. This included Seattle (with Sherman on him), SF (good defense), and STL (at the time hadnt a ridiculous shut out streak and were playing great defense). If the DC's on every team from the Seattle game on werent gameplanning on stopping him as their #1 focus, im not really sure who they saw as a bigger threat.
This guy is the best player to come into the league in a while. He is special. We are lucky to have him. Bless him to stay healthy...
He will only get better. His numbers might not sustain.. But with additional weapons.. He will make the players around him better. And he will still come up big when the lights are on. Because Eli trusts him... And Eli has been making lesser players look like stars for a long time.
This guy is the best player to come into the league in a while. He is special. We are lucky to have him. Bless him to stay healthy...
He will only get better. His numbers might not sustain.. But with additional weapons.. He will make the players around him better. And he will still come up big when the lights are on. Because Eli trusts him... And Eli has been making lesser players look like stars for a long time.
I don't know how "lesser" players like Nicks, Cruz, Plax, Manningham were, but Eli being Eli, he's a gunslinger and sure as hell doesn't play to maximize his own stat line, is the perfect QB to "feed" a guy like Beckham. OBJ will get targeted plenty, with or without a healthy Cruz and a cognizant Randle and a developing Donnell out there with him.
Anyone see that video wherein Eli was asked about OBJ, about "the catch" I suppose, and Eli replied: "I have to keep throwing the ball to him just badly enough for him to continue like that..."
LOL that's Eli.
I look at those Rams and Eagles games. At that point every HC and DC knew what kind of monster Beckham was. It didn't matter if he was a rookie, he received Superstar treatment in that game from the opposing team.
The Rams literally wanted to kill him. The Eagles claimed that stopping him was "their Super Bowl".
33 targets for 20 catches, 333 yards, and 3 TD
It was a great season but those two games were just on a different level. You could tell those two teams/defenses did everything in their power to stop him, and this rookie just made them look like fools.
My one concern is physicality. He actually impressed me with his strength so I'm not calling him some softie but if there is a hole in his repertoire I think that's it. He even admitted that improving against press coverage was the #1 thing he wanted to train on this off-season. If he can become a little stronger, it's game over.