Beckham Blockbuster

It's been a busy last few days for star wide receivers in the National Football League. First, Antonio Brown lands with the Oakland Raiders. Now we have a blockbuster trade between the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants. Cleveland is parting with a first-round pick, 17th overall, their second third-round pick 95th overall this year and safety Jabrill Peppers. All the Browns got in exchange from New York was some guy named Odell Beckham Jr.

Things just got really interesting for both teams.

From a Giants point of view, this is not only the start of a rebuild of sorts, but its also possibly getting rid of a headache in Beckham. Sure the Giants had said at one point that they didn't sign Odell just to trade him. New York had made Odell the highest paid wideout in league history, inking him to a five-year megadeal that was worth up to $98.5 million less than a year ago. It didn't last long in New York. Beckham. He was playing all the right notes with the media before getting his deal, then after signing, was changing his tune. he was saying he was being held back be Eli Manning and that he may have made the wrong decision signing with New York.

He has put up great numbers, there's no argument with that. But the question was, is Odell really worth the headache? Apparently he was not worth it, according to the Giants. So he's out of New York. The Giants thought they could hit it off with him, Eli and Saquan Barkley last year,m but it ended in a losing season and missing the playoffs. This move also coming after getting rid of Landon Collins and Oliver Vernon (who ironically was traded to the Browns too). Jabrill Peppers and the draft picks that came back to New York are going to be of help in this rebuild for Big Blue.

Now look at this from a Browns point of view. Look at what Cleveland has done this offseason. They got Odell, added Kareem Hunt (which is a huge question mark in its own right), and this Baker Mayfield kid is pretty good under center. Think about this. After a year going winless, Cleveland finished last year 7-8-1. Now they get two more weapons, and they are going to try and be a real threat in the AFC North. Oh yeah, and now Beckham makes another solid one-two punch with him and Jarvis Landry. This Browns team is going to be very good this year.

While this Giants team is going to be in for a possibly long season. I hope Big Blue's management team knows what its doing.