ODell says he has 6-8 week injury..

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If he can play, he should play as soon as he's ready.

It's just too short of a season to save players. If he can play, he's got to play.

It's one thing in baseball or hockey where you can say "lets give him an extra couple weeks' but you really don't have that luxury in the NFL.

In comment 13598916 arcarsenal said:

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It's just too short of a season to save players. If he can play, he's got to play. It's one thing in baseball or hockey where you can say "lets give him an extra couple weeks' but you really don't have that luxury in the NFL.

Ding, ding, ding.

In comment 13598921 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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In comment 13598916 arcarsenal said: Quote: It's just too short of a season to save players. If he can play, he's got to play. It's one thing in baseball or hockey where you can say "lets give him an extra couple weeks' but you really don't have that luxury in the NFL. Ding, ding, ding.

The rub here is that Beckham has that luxury and I'm sure he doesn't want to risk getting nuked while he pursues a big payday.

Putting him out there with an ankle injury seems insane to me on a couple levels.

First, how effective can he even be? We didn't lose in Dallas because of Roger Lewis.

Second, what if it threatens the rest of the season for him?

Next man up.

Maybe he is back for the shegals.

We lost in Dallas because our offense was next-level pathetic.

He's our best offensive player by 10 miles.

Anyone can get hurt on any given play in this sport. If he's healthy enough to play, he should play. If he's not, he's not.

The idea that the Giants should just save him for later is ridiculous. If we start 0-3 or even 0-4 it's too late.

You may have uttered a self-fulfilling prophecy . . .

Let's hope not!

Could be long ugly year after the optimism from last season.

In comment 13598842 prdave73 said:

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If this offense is functional and well coached, it should be able to win without him. There is a real problem if they cant win games without Odell period.

Well the offense is NOT functional or well coached. OBJs play has been the deodorant that has been covering up this stink for the past couple of years.

WITH OBJ over the last 7-8 games of last year the Gints were either at or near the bottom of the league in scoring. Without OBJ, the Giants no doubt have the worst offense in the league.

Just think about that for a minute, if we are at the bottom of the league in scoring by simply removing one player who is not your QB, then things are really fucked up.

All I can say is thank God for the field goal kickers.

In comment 13598867 hitdog42 said:

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Evil espn was well sourced and right- and a lot of uninformed people were wrong and still won't own it

Sorry hitdog42, but saying ESPN was right is far too generous. Their story was so vague and conditional that any outcome would have been right, ie OBJ could have played this week and they would have been right.

I have no particular beef with ESPN or Ranaan, but like many, I am particularly annoyed by the teasing style of reporting the story was told in.

What I want to read in my news are facts and conclusions. If there is a potential outcome, then back it up with real facts. This was lacking in ESPN's story. One is better served to just ignore stories like that.