After exchanging the normal pleasantries, Beckham Jr. and Bryant played catch in the end zone before going back to the locker-room.
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“I think we’re a tough, physical team and nothing really fazes us”, said Fusco according to the Pioneer Press. Referee Brad Allen’s crew did not penalize Rhodes for the late hit, but Beckham was penalized for taunting when he charged and bumped Rhodes. “It’s a man’s sport, ” Beckham said. You have scouting reports on officials just like you do on opponents.
One day after losing his matchup with Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes, Beckham opened up about why his temperament has been so volatile this season. To the normal player – maybe.
It’s also not as simple as the opposition trying to rattle him. He is that guy now. That may not be much of an achievement in and of itself, but it seems to be the way to knock Beckham out of sorts. I mean, Paul Perkins had a 67-yard screen pass because of bad tackling. “Nobody on another team bothers [or] upsets me”. “Kyle’s got good hands and they’re developing a good rapport”. It could be anything that sets him off and costs his team dearly. “.When you see the games now, players are invested in themselves”.
Couldn’t that be what happened on the opening sequence of the second half? Rhodes picked him off in the third quarter, the 15th interception for Manning in eight career starts against the Vikings. When the ball was snapped, he and Beckham appeared to not be on the same page, so when Manning floated a deep ball only Rhodes was there to catch it.
Everything fell apart on that drive, but we can trace it back to earlier. “If he has the confidence to throw it to me in those situations I have to come down with the ball”.
NOTES: Vikings Hall of Fame OG Randall McDaniel was on the field for the coin toss, holding the Ryder Cup, which was won by the Americans on Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club outside Minneapolis.
He was lucky to escape with only a 15-yard penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, though under the new National Football League rules this year, one more of those would also have resulted in an ejection.
Beckham has said he’s no longer having fun playing football, and Giants coach Ben McAdoo and quarterback Eli Manning have criticized his behavior.
“He’s a competitor. He likes to fight, he likes to get in other people’s heads”, Rhodes said of his impression of Beckham. This Giants don’t face a team that now has a losing record until Week 11. He had to be helped off the field and was taken by cart to the locker room.
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The Vikings scored a season-high three offensive touchdowns and barely let the Giants budge (besides one big play) on offense during Monday night’s win. Beckham was a highly visible decoy. “The game ball should go to those guys”. Still, their defenders realize they don’t always need them to impact the game.
