I agree with anyone who says the interview was a bad idea and went terribly, but the “fallout” is also way overblown and a product of our information driven, 24/7 news cycle. They need to fill air. I’m sure younger Giants fans have forgotten the days when future Hall of Famer Michael Strahan called a press conference to call out the HC when that coach was out of town at his mother’s funeral. Now that was borderline evil. But we all love Strahan today, as we should. There are countless other examples of Giants players saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing, but it was all before Twitter and Facebook live and before sports journalism stopped talking about sports and sports history and went full tabloid.
I honestly cut it off at 9 minutes or so.....what a horrible interview Â
No. Should he have done it? Probably not. Did he answer the questions the way we would hope? No.
But too much is made out of this. This is what prolonged losing brings out. He's frustrated from the losing. Yes, he is looking at it through his eyes but the interview is about him. But he is just frustrated from the losing and it bothers him that he is not being given the opportunity he believes to correct it. I understand where he is coming from. He wants to correct the losing and thinks he can help it.
The interview wasnt ideal. But it is also not as bad as it is portrayed. Anything he says or does will be magnified. If this was an interview by Latimer on the radio it is not even a problem.
The other shit like going to the locker room early is way more of an issue.
If you want to skip through, the line of questioning towards Beckham about the football team begins just after the 21-minute mark.
OBJ definitely questions the team's energy and is caught complaining about not getting enough targets, but he never throws any one on the Giants under the bus.
The questions about Eli Manning and wanting to be in New York were heavily edited by ESPN, a lot of the context was stripped away from his answer - and as it is OBJ is already not the most articulate person when asked these kind of questions.
Worth watching the interview for 15 minutes from the middle mark. Kinda shameful what ESPN did here - athletes really should just stop doing sit down interviews.
There are very few things a player could do or say outside of truly criminal or morally repugnant actions that would get my attention.
Watching some fans get so aggravated by the off the field stuff is the only sliver of entertainment this season.
There were a number of idiots, assholes and egomaniacs on the Super Bowl winning teams. Beckham will be here when the Giants win again and no one will care about any of it.
If you want to skip through, the line of questioning towards Beckham about the football team begins just after the 21-minute mark.
OBJ definitely questions the team's energy and is caught complaining about not getting enough targets, but he never throws any one on the Giants under the bus.
The questions about Eli Manning and wanting to be in New York were heavily edited by ESPN, a lot of the context was stripped away from his answer - and as it is OBJ is already not the most articulate person when asked these kind of questions.
Worth watching the interview for 15 minutes from the middle mark. Kinda shameful what ESPN did here - athletes really should just stop doing sit down interviews.
Fully agree with you here. After watching the actual line of football questions I now have a better understanding of what Odell was trying to articulate. The full interview comes off better than what was aired last week. Quite honestly, Anderson spent the first 20 minutes trying to set him up and Odell fell for it. Stay away from ESPN. It’s not sports journalism.
There are very few things a player could do or say outside of truly criminal or morally repugnant actions that would get my attention.
Watching some fans get so aggravated by the off the field stuff is the only sliver of entertainment this season.
There were a number of idiots, assholes and egomaniacs on the Super Bowl winning teams. Beckham will be here when the Giants win again and no one will care about any of it.
I hope you prove prophetic. Winning is the only thing that makes all this go away.
Says the asshole that can't stop being a dipshit long enough to get him banned from an Internet message board. Yeah, he's the snowflake who should shut up.
as portrayed by the media... didn't shurmur fine beckham for this? how do you reconcile that the HC seemed to think this was a serious issue? is shurmur just buying into the media hype here? do you believe that it's possible that beckham is a selfish asshole and it's objectively hurting the team?
as portrayed by the media... didn't shurmur fine beckham for this? how do you reconcile that the HC seemed to think this was a serious issue? is shurmur just buying into the media hype here? do you believe that it's possible that beckham is a selfish asshole and it's objectively hurting the team?
It is a distraction. I understand the fine but my point is that what he say or didn't say wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. If I was Eli or anybody else I wouldn't feel uncomfortable after that interview. Doesn't mean it isn't a distraction.
as portrayed by the media... didn't shurmur fine beckham for this? how do you reconcile that the HC seemed to think this was a serious issue? is shurmur just buying into the media hype here? do you believe that it's possible that beckham is a selfish asshole and it's objectively hurting the team?
It can be both things - it wasn't as bad as the media portrayed, but there was probably still enough there for Shurmur to take exception to. I'm sure his comments about the Giants not having an answer for getting him open when defenses line up in the cover 2 irked him the most.
I think it was reasonable for OBJ to be fined - but I don't think his comments were anything that will linger around longer with the coach and his teammates past this week.
i'm of the thinking that OBJs ten-cent head will continue to linger, regardless of whether this flares back up or not. guy is a babyman the likes of which i've not seen on this team since shockey, but i think he's worse than shockey.. not in terms of talent.. in terms of clueless about the rest..
Can we move on and focus on football or would BBI prefer to focus on sports drama and watch the TMZ of sports, otherwise known as ESPN.
Well, that is very sad. (But I hear you)
I agree with anyone who says the interview was a bad idea and went terribly, but the “fallout” is also way overblown and a product of our information driven, 24/7 news cycle. They need to fill air. I’m sure younger Giants fans have forgotten the days when future Hall of Famer Michael Strahan called a press conference to call out the HC when that coach was out of town at his mother’s funeral. Now that was borderline evil. But we all love Strahan today, as we should. There are countless other examples of Giants players saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing, but it was all before Twitter and Facebook live and before sports journalism stopped talking about sports and sports history and went full tabloid.
But too much is made out of this. This is what prolonged losing brings out. He's frustrated from the losing. Yes, he is looking at it through his eyes but the interview is about him. But he is just frustrated from the losing and it bothers him that he is not being given the opportunity he believes to correct it. I understand where he is coming from. He wants to correct the losing and thinks he can help it.
The interview wasnt ideal. But it is also not as bad as it is portrayed. Anything he says or does will be magnified. If this was an interview by Latimer on the radio it is not even a problem.
The other shit like going to the locker room early is way more of an issue.
That's what a team player does...and the alarming thing is he said Friday he has nothing to apologize for...
OBJ definitely questions the team's energy and is caught complaining about not getting enough targets, but he never throws any one on the Giants under the bus.
The questions about Eli Manning and wanting to be in New York were heavily edited by ESPN, a lot of the context was stripped away from his answer - and as it is OBJ is already not the most articulate person when asked these kind of questions.
Worth watching the interview for 15 minutes from the middle mark. Kinda shameful what ESPN did here - athletes really should just stop doing sit down interviews.
Watching some fans get so aggravated by the off the field stuff is the only sliver of entertainment this season.
There were a number of idiots, assholes and egomaniacs on the Super Bowl winning teams. Beckham will be here when the Giants win again and no one will care about any of it.
OBJ definitely questions the team's energy and is caught complaining about not getting enough targets, but he never throws any one on the Giants under the bus.
The questions about Eli Manning and wanting to be in New York were heavily edited by ESPN, a lot of the context was stripped away from his answer - and as it is OBJ is already not the most articulate person when asked these kind of questions.
Worth watching the interview for 15 minutes from the middle mark. Kinda shameful what ESPN did here - athletes really should just stop doing sit down interviews.
Fully agree with you here. After watching the actual line of football questions I now have a better understanding of what Odell was trying to articulate. The full interview comes off better than what was aired last week. Quite honestly, Anderson spent the first 20 minutes trying to set him up and Odell fell for it. Stay away from ESPN. It’s not sports journalism.
Watching some fans get so aggravated by the off the field stuff is the only sliver of entertainment this season.
There were a number of idiots, assholes and egomaniacs on the Super Bowl winning teams. Beckham will be here when the Giants win again and no one will care about any of it.
I hope you prove prophetic. Winning is the only thing that makes all this go away.
Thank you for clarifying. I agree with your edit.
Says the asshole that can't stop being a dipshit long enough to get him banned from an Internet message board. Yeah, he's the snowflake who should shut up.
It is a distraction. I understand the fine but my point is that what he say or didn't say wasn't as bad as people are making it out to be. If I was Eli or anybody else I wouldn't feel uncomfortable after that interview. Doesn't mean it isn't a distraction.
If not you will get the chance to get use to it in the future.
and I think the ankle is affecting him
He’s another Dez Bryant unlikeable
I’d rather have TO on his worst day
It can be both things - it wasn't as bad as the media portrayed, but there was probably still enough there for Shurmur to take exception to. I'm sure his comments about the Giants not having an answer for getting him open when defenses line up in the cover 2 irked him the most.
I think it was reasonable for OBJ to be fined - but I don't think his comments were anything that will linger around longer with the coach and his teammates past this week.