The New York Giants signed wide receiver Golden Tate earlier this week, and while he won't be able to team up with Odell Beckham Jr., he will be joining Sterling Shepard, and Tate is excited about the tandem:
“I really like Sterling’s game,’’ Tate said, according to Paul Schwartz of The New York Post. “That guy, he’s a baller, he’s a playmaker. He makes plays, and I do the same. What makes both of us unique is we can play anywhere around the field. My first two to three years in Detroit, most of my career in Seattle, I was an outside guy. I feel like I can run the comebacks, the hooks, any route on the route tree just fine. And I feel the same thing about him and a couple of other guys in the room. I’m looking to … complement him, and I hope he finds a way to complement me in this offense and we come together and make plays all over the place.’’
Of course, Tate has some pretty big shoes to fill, as the Giants traded Beckham to the Cleveland Brown prior to signing Tate.
However, the wideout insists that he is not in New York to do what Beckham did but just to be himself:
“I’m just coming in to do my job,’’ Tate said. “I’m coming in to put my head down and work and do the best I can. That’s one thing I try not to do, compare myself to really anyone. I’m kind of my own player, my own unique player. I’m going to just do my job and not put too much pressure on anyone around me or on myself. We wish Odell the best of luck over in Cleveland. I’m pretty sure he’s going to do some great things, just like he did here in New York.’’
Tate split the 2018 campaign with the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles, hauling in 74 receptions for 795 yards and four touchdowns.
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