Odell Beckham Jr. is back in the Giants’ orbit, and the only real question left is when he’ll slip into No. 13 again.
He was still in No. 3 at Monday’s practice after making the 53-man roster, but Beckham made it clear the old number is coming back into play. Practice squad receiver Jalin Hyatt had just re-signed after being released Sunday, so the jersey switch couldn’t happen yet. Still, Beckham didn’t sound like a man expecting any long-term delay.
“I think we all know what that means to me,” Beckham said with a smile. “There will definitely be some conversations. I’ll just say we’ll see what happens, but like I said, it would be an honor and a privilege to put that back on.”
The reunion, then, feels less like a possibility than a formality. Beckham is expected to take the field on Sept. 13 against the Dallas Cowboys in the New York number he made famous from 2014-2019.
Monday just arrived too early for the switch.
That left the Giants in a strange holding pattern at practice, with several players still wearing duplicate camp numbers in an unusually late afternoon session. Rookie Malachi Fields remained in No. 0 even though that jersey belongs to edge rusher Brian Burns.
Beckham was in No. 3 despite Abdul Carter already owning it. Najee Harris and Dru Phillips were both in No. 22, at least for the moment.
There’s plenty of support for Beckham’s return inside the building, too. Harbaugh said co-owner John Mara is among those pleased Beckham made the roster.
“Mr. Mara, he said his grandsons were super happy,” Harbaugh said.
“They’ve been asking him kinda every day, ‘Is Odell gonna make it? Is Odell gonna make it?’
And I think Mr. Mara’s happy.
He has a great relationship with Odell, and the people who were here know the whole history … It seems to me that the Maras and the people who were here before are excited for Odell.”
Beckham’s reaction to making the team was just as personal. He said he had “tears” when he got back to the hotel after learning the news Sunday.
“I have an opportunity to rewrite some of the last bit of the chapter,” he said. “Don’t know [if it’s my] last year, whatever it is, I just know I’m going to give my all.
But I definitely had that moment where it was like, you could let out some of the pain that I feel like I went through. It was just very healing, very emotional, something I was very happy about.”
The roster move that helped set up Beckham’s return also shaped the Giants’ practice squad. They did not claim any players off waivers Monday and instead filled out most of the unit with players they cut on Sunday.
Among the re-signed players were quarterback Jake Haener, wide receivers Hyatt, Braxton Berrios and Dalen Cambre, linebacker Chandler Martin, outside backer Trace Ford, fullback Grant Finley, defensive lineman Josh Tupo, safety Raheem Layne, corner JT Woods and offensive tackles Ryan Scherneke and Jarrod Gray, who is on an international player exemption.
The only waived Giant to land elsewhere was Darius Muasau, who was claimed by the New England Patriots. The Patriots have former Giants defensive coordinator Shane Bowen on staff as an assistant.
Harbaugh’s team has two more practices scheduled through Wednesday before getting off the field until after Labor Day Weekend, when preparations for the Cowboys opener will pick back up.
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