New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is no stranger to controversy and has never been one to steer away from voicing his opinion. Things were no different after this past Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Beckham was not pleased with the play calling and voiced his displeasure in not exploiting Philly's banged up secondary.
According to Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk, Beckham stated he “would've loved to attack them.” Unfortunately for Beckham, head coach Pat Shurmur disagreed with his star receiver. Shurmur stated.
“We ran the ball 18 times, we threw it 37,” Shurmur said, via ESPN.com. “That is twice as many throws as there were runs. We had seven explosive gains in the passing game. The only team that we played that we had more was Carolina. We had eight. There were many times where we tried to throw to him. The long throw down the right sideline that we had to [tight end] Rhett [Ellison] was designed to go to Odell. They cushioned on him. We threw it to Rhett. You’ll have to ask him to define it after he watches the tape but I felt like we were doing the things necessary to win the game. We still got production in the running game, had a couple third-down calls in the red zone that were close. If we get those in, it’s a different story.”
After winning the previous two games the Giants appeared to be trending forward and they even got off to a hot start against Philly on Sunday. The Giants oddly steered away from the game plan that had given them success in the first half of this game as well as last week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This game plan consisted of passing the ball downfield at will, as well as using a heavy dose of rookie Saquon Barkley. Giants will look to bounce back next week against the strong Chicago Bears.
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