After Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham complained about the officiating in last Sunday’s loss to the Steelers, quarterback Eli Manning suggested he take a different tack with officials and “kill them with kindness” if he wants to get calls in the future.
Beckham appears to be taking a different approach. While he admitted that “no calls are going to be made because of what I say now,” Beckham couldn’t resist taking another shot at last Sunday’s crew.
“Like I said, everybody knows what’s going on, on the field. Everybody can see it. Even Stevie Wonder can see it,” Beckham said, via NJ.com. “It just, it is what it is. You can’t do anything about it. There’s no point. I don’t know why, I shouldn’t have even brought it up. It’s always a lose-lose situation, bringing something up. Either you’re speaking out on it, and now you’re trying to defend yourself, or the other way around, and you’re complaining. Either way it goes, I should have never brought it up. It’s really irrelevant.”
Relevant or not, it’s now three days after the loss to the Steelers and the Giants have another big game coming up against the Cowboys this weekend. It might be prudent for Beckham to not worry about a thing other than his play in that game since the Giants will be left without playoff options other than a Wild Card spot if they lose to Dallas.