SportGiants reportedly viewed Odell Beckham Jr. as a 'pain in the a—' who would only get worse

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The Giants have reportedly been trying to trade their star receiver since signing him to a five-year, $90 million deal in 2018.

The reason for that is the team was tired of his antics, according to SNY.

"He had become too much of a pain in the a—," once source told SNY. "And there was a real fear that eventually it would get worse."

The report cites several instances in which Beckham had upset the front office including an incident with a woman in bed and a possible joint, an interview on ESPN in which he was non-committal on the team's quarterback situation, and another in which he missed a game with an injury without warning the team.

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The Giants are willing to listen to offers for Beckham, but are not currently shopping him, according to a report from SNY. The Raiders were reportedly considering Beckham, but they dealt for Antonio Brown, while the Browns could also pursue him. Beckham tallied 77 receptions for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns in 12 games for the Giants last season. The three-time Pro Bowl player was originally selected by New York out of LSU with the 12th pick in the 2014 draft. He signed a five-year, $95 million extension with the team in August. MORE: Odell Beckham Jr.

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There are two ways to look at Odell Beckham Jr .’s latest ride on the emotional roller coaster. Beckham early in the fourth quarter of the 29-27 loss to the Redskins was losing it on the sideline, moments after a Manning interception cost the Giants points as they trailed 26-24.

Simply put — and general manager Dave Gettleman did say it this way — the Giants were done with distractions and OBJ had become just that.

"You've got to eliminate distractions," Gettleman said at the combine, and not specifically about Beckham. "There used to be a thing I used to call 'the a—hole quotient.' The bigger the a—hole you are, the better the player you had to be. Plain and simple. It's funny (but) it's true. It really is. Think of the great players that you've seen around the league who have been just complete jerks. At the end of the day, what was the sum total of their career and their effect on their teams?"

The Giants were passively looking for offers for the better part of the last two years, but they were not going to settle, according to the report. New York was looking for two first-round picks in a deal and nothing less.

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In a surprise move, the Browns have added one of the best wide receivers in the NFL. Cleveland has picked up Odell Beckham Jr. from the Giants, according to NFL Network. BREAKING: The #Browns have traded for #Giants WR Odell Beckham, sources say. The deal is done. I am not joking.— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 12, 2019 According to multiple reports the Giants will receive the Browns' first-round, and third-round picks in 2019 along with safety Jabril Peppers. Beckham was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2014 and has made three Pro Bowls.

Beckham was carted off in obvious pain and, per Evan Washburn of CBS on the broadcast, taken Odell Beckham is headed for surgery, per source. He injured his leg in the fourth quarter. The Giants , who would eventually lose the game to the Chargers 27-22, are now down to just a single

When Odell Beckham Jr ., the balletic wide receiver with the action-hero charisma, was drafted by the New York Giants two years ago, he embarked on a life as a star athlete in New York that comes with two inevitabilities: limitless branding opportunities and unavoidable tabloid dust-ups. Ask Joe Namath.

Ultimately it got first- and third-round picks in the 2019 draft and a starter in Jabril Peppers to boot. The Giants lost starting safety Landon Collins in free agency to the Redskins and loved Peppers in the 2017 draft, according to SNY, so the match made sense.

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New York was also reportedly afraid after the Antonio Brown situation in Pittsburgh that Beckham would do something similar a couple of years into his deal. This was a theoretical possibility, but it was apparently enough for the Giants to start to look at cutting ties with the wide receiver.