Odell Beckham Jr. is not hiding how he feels about the Giants moving on from him mid-season.
After signing with New York in June and working his way onto the roster in August, Beckham looked like a possible piece for Jaxson Dart. That possibility disappeared fast once Dart got hurt, and the Giants cut Beckham after Week 3 before he ever caught a pass.
The Giants released Beckham on Sept. 29 to make room for Braxton Berrios on the active roster. In three games, Beckham played just 19 snaps and was targeted once, a quiet return for a player who had come back to the franchise that drafted him. He had been kept as a fifth wide receiver, a move that had initially stirred up the fanbase.
John Harbaugh explained the decision to ESPN, saying, "Had a great conversation with Odell and it's tough," Harbaugh said of the move, per ESPN." But we just weren't getting enough.
It just wasn't working for us. And like I told him, I wanted to be able to get more.
I wanted him to be able to do more. I wanted to get him on the field more.
"Whatever reason, we weren't able to do it. Put it on us.
We weren't able to get it done. At this point in time, that's kind of where we were and we needed to move on."
Beckham waited until Sunday to address the breakup publicly, and he did it in Instagram comments that made his frustration clear. He wrote that he "didn't see this one," that "they got me," and that "they won." Beckham also said he thought he came in "humbly" on a minimum contract and "earned" his spot, but he "shoulda known better."
"What hurt my heart to the core is comin home and seeing my son and how happy he was with no idea of what happened," Beckham wrote. "Idk why they even gave me the run along."
"I coulda really been playing this year somewhere and making an impact."
At the time of the release, Beckham also texted Josina Anderson that he had just been released, and later said, "one door closes and another opens."
Whether he gets another shot this season remains to be seen, but Beckham is back on the open market.
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