You knew going into the game on Sunday against the unbeaten Carolina Panthers, it was going to be a battle between Beckham and defensive back Josh Norman. Nornan has been an outstanding shutdown corner this year, and now he's matched up against one of the best young wideouts in football. Lets just say the start of the day wasn't great for OBJ. By halftime, Beckham had more personal fouls (1) and drops (2) than catches (0). He finished with three personal fouls, one body-slam, one grazing right, and Tom Coughlin should have sat him for a series before someone got hurt when all hell and Ohell broke loose against Norman, who swung and missed a roundhouse right of his own at one point. To make matters worse, Beckahm really lost control of his emotions, leading him to do this:
Look I understand football is a physical and emotion filled game, but at the same time there really is no place for crap like this in the game. I know Beckham managed to compose himself and eventually caught what was at the time, the game tying touchdown late in the 4th quarter. Sure he did have six catches for 76 yards and the touchdown. What really has me scratching my head is how the hell Odell was allowed to stay in the football game after what he did to Josh Norman?
No action was taken by the refs, nothing was done by Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. Nothing happened at all. Lucky for Beckham, Norman wasn't hurt on the play but it could have been a lot worse. To be honest I was shocked he was allowed to finish playing the game. I thought Coach Coughlin would have pulled him out of the game for a while just to get him to calm down. If the Giants want to have a shot to even keep sniffing the playoffs, they need this guy on the field and to calm the hell down. Even halftime couldn't really calm him down, because he was still playing on the edge during the 2nd half. Look something has got to be done to get this guy under control.
As I stated before, I like watching this guy play. The stuff this man can do on a football field is just fantastic. But he needs to be able to stay on the damn field. He's lucky the ref's didn't throw is butt out of the game for his antics. In all likelyhood he's going to get a suspension from the league (at the time of this writing the NFL has not yet made a decision on the issue but it is being looked into).
Here's something else that bothered me a little. You would have thought that Coughlin would have sat the man down after that stunt and started chewing him a new one. But it never happened. When asked if he considered sitting Beckham to tame the wild beast within him, Coughlin said: “It was a consideration. A matter of fact, it was a strong consideration. He’s gotta learn at some point how to deal with some things, I’m out there to win the football game.”
Yeah I'm sorry Tom that can't happen. I understand you want to win a football game. There was a lot at stake for both teams in this game for both teams. Carolina was unbeaten (and stayed that way, improving to 14-0), the Giants are still fighting for a playoff spot and the NFC East title. You want to keep your best players on the field I get that. At the same time, common sense should have taken over. Coughlin should have sat Beckham down and read him the riot act. It may hurt the team for a little bit now, but it would have possibly saved the guy from fines and suspensions. Beckham has shown a bad attitude the last couple of weeks on the field, and it got worse going against Josh Norman this week.
If OBJ wants to stay on the field and get better, he really needs to work on controlling his anger issues or this is going to hurt him long term!
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