Beckham, despite being held out of the end zone, had 11 catches for 128 yards.
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The score was tight for all four quarters, and Odell reached a career milestone becoming the fastest player in National Football League history to reach 200 receptions.
Meanwhile, the much-anticipated Josh Norman-Odell Beckman, Jr match-up hasn’t produced much. not yet, anyway. This team can not start the season 0-3, regardless of the division they play in. The Redskins have not beaten the Giants at the Meadowlands since 2011, and could desperately use a win to turn around their quest to repeat as division champs. To both their credit, neither player seemed like they wanted a repeat of their past altercation which received extended press coverage previous year.
McAdoo welcomed Rashad Jennings and other Giants players into his office to promote dialogue on a sensitive issue. He kept his distance from Norman during warmups, this despite seeming extra amped for the game.
Beckham Jr did still manage 121 receiving yards off seven receptions against Norman, though he did get a little hot under the collar when accidentally headbutting some netting on the sideline as the Redskins frustrated the Giants in the fourth quarter.
There was even an ejection, the first under the new rule hastened by Beckham-Norman I last December when Norman was in the midst of an All-Pro season for Carolina. “I mean, we won a Super Bowl and you can’t take that away”, Cruz said. There was, ‘no, you get a warning.’ There was not any of that. “And it’s just up to us to go out there and try to execute it and be dominant to the best of our ability”. Unfortunately, this is what we’ve come to. “It’s not really football anymore as much as it is all the other things that play into it”.
ABOUT THE REDSKINS (0-2): Pointing fingers and bickering behind the scenes is nothing new in the District of Columbia – it is an election year, after all – but those actions reportedly reared their ugly head in Washington’s locker room following a 27-23 defeat versus Dallas.
“If we run the ball more and run it very successfully, I think it’ll help out our passing game tremendously”, said third-down specialist Chris Thompson.
Also wide receiver DeSean Jackson left the game with knee and ankle injuries.
Beckham has continuously shown his generosity in the past and it only makes you wonder how anyone could ever hate the player. The NFL, according to a source, has discussed the Norman-Beckham feud with the officials, who have informed both teams that they will be watching the situation closely.
“We’re just two fierce competitors, that’s all it is”. That’s all it is.
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“We need to be better”, he said, speaking individually and collectively about the team’s struggle to score touchdowns. “We feel like this has turned into something that is not football”.
