Veteran large receiver Cole Beasley introduced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday, two weeks after signing to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ follow squad.
So is Beasley completed enjoying for good? Or is he biding his time earlier than becoming a member of the Giants, who pursued him earlier than he inked with the Bucs?
“I hope,” Giants heart Jon Feliciano, an ideal good friend of Beasley’s, stated with a smile Wednesday. ”I’ve talked to him since he retired. I speak to him on a regular basis. I dunno. I’m holding out hope. I feel if the fitting state of affairs comes, I feel he comes again. But from what he says, he’s retiring. So I dunno. It could be simply me holding out a bit hope.”
The Giants’ want to show over and improve their receiver room isn’t any secret, from GM Joe Schoen’s spring calls on Kadarius Toney, to the workforce’s dangling of Darius Slayton, to their benching of Kenny Golladay, their Beasley courtship and Odell Beckham Jr.’s unofficial Monday go to to East Rutherford.
“We didn’t do anything illegal!” Sterling Shepard stated of Beckham’s go to to see his injured good friend — although Shepard was strolling on eggshells Wednesday and trying to Giants public relations for steering, afraid he’d say one thing that will make the again web page.
Beckham’s finest match as soon as he’s absolutely wholesome in November is probably going again with the L.A. Rams, the place he received the Super Bowl final season. He may seemingly assist contenders just like the Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills out, too.
But don’t rule the Giants out.
“I think Odell will be torn between New York and L.A,” former NFL receiver Bennie Fowler, Beckham’s former Giants teammate, stated on the ‘Talkin’ Ball with Pat Leonard’ podcast. “Those are two places that fit his personality, they fit who he is, they fit his brand, they fit him as an entrepreneur, they fit him as an athlete… I wouldn’t be surprised if he actually did choose New York. They’re a hot team.”
A serious problem with recruiting Beasley and Beckham is that the Giants haven’t any cash. They have solely $4.4 million in cap house, based on the NFL Players’ Association’s database and no want or means to free extra and kick it down the street.
They have began 3-1, although and their receiver room is decimated by accidents. So there is a chance and want on the place for a workforce that’s profitable video games.
Slayton, David Sills and follow squad wideout Marcus Johnson have been the primary receivers working routes Wednesday, for instance.
Shepard (torn left ACL) and Collin Johnson (torn left Achilles) are out for the season. Golladay (knee), Richie James (ankle), Toney (hamstring) and Wan’Dale Robinson (knee) all have been both out or restricted Wednesday. Golladay is just not enjoying Sunday in London.
Beasley has been a superb receiver for a very long time with the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills. Giants head coach Brian Daboll was his offensive coordinator in Buffalo.
Feliciano, Beasley’s former Bills teammate, truly met Beasley for a “recruitment dinner” in early September when he was nonetheless a free agent.
Beasley’s retirement occurred Wednesday simply earlier than Daboll stepped to the rostrum for his press convention. So it caught him off guard.
“When was that?” Daboll stated when knowledgeable.
“Oh. He retired,” Daboll stated to himself, repeating it, as if to ensure it was actual. “Great guy. Very productive in our system. Wish him the best of luck. Him and his family, children, great person.”
Feliciano nodded: “Yeah. Dabes loves players that can get open.”
Agent Justin Turner informed NFL Network, which first reported Beasley’s retirement on Wednesday, that Beasley “is ready to be with his family [in Texas] after playing in 11 seasons and it’s time to be a full-time dad and husband.”
Feliciano confirmed his good friend “missed his family a lot and things probably weren’t going the way he wanted” in Tampa. It has nothing to do with Beasley’s potential to play.
“He hasn’t lost a step,” Feliciano stated. “And the difference in hypotheticals of whether he came here or went back to Buffalo, in a scheme he already knows, I believe going to Tampa and learning a new offense kinda takes some time.”
Feliciano admits a part of the explanation he’s holding out hope for Beasley to return again to the Giants is “just me being biased or a fan of his.”
But he additionally stated Beasley “has a lot of juice left in him and I know he has some marks that he’s trying to hit … I think it was 6,000 yards and 40 touchdowns or something like that.”
Indeed, Beasley has 5,726 profession receiving yards and 34 TDs. He may hit these marks with yet another yr within the league.
Per a league supply, unretiring to affix one other workforce can be straightforward sufficient for Beasley, too. Beasley’s rights would return to the Buccaneers after which the Giants (or one other workforce) may merely signal him off Tampa’s follow squad, offered they put him on their energetic roster for 3 weeks.
Will Beasley be a Giant? Will OBJ return? There are not any solutions but. But there’s hope.
“Regardless, I’m happy he’s probably in a better head space right now going back home,” Feliciano stated of Beasley. “He has three children and a spouse. But I’m kinda holding out hope that he unretires and [goes] if not right here then some other place [where] he can ball.
“He says, ‘Ball me,’” he stated.
JONES FEELS GOOD
Daniel Jones was listed as “limited” for Wednesday’s indoor follow in New Jersey because of his sprained left ankle. But Jones seemed good rolling out and throwing on the run in the course of the open portion of follow and the Giants didn’t signal an additional quarterback.
It seems to be like Jones is on observe to play Sunday in London towards the Green Bay Packers.
“Felt good out there,” Jones stated. “Made a lot of progress the last couple days. It’s early in the week so I’m just trying to do everything I can to get back there. But I’m feeling good… I’m confident in my ability to throw from the pocket, throw outside the pocket and make plays from both.”
Jones switched his cleats again to the pink excessive tops he wore final season and admitted they provide his ankle “a little bit” extra assist. He additionally had the ankle taped. But there are not any indicators he received’t be prepared for Sunday. For now, follow squad QB Davis Webb is monitoring as Sunday’s backup QB with Tyrod Taylor (concussion) nonetheless within the protocol.
INJURY REPORT
The Giants’ harm report on Wednesday seemed like a CVS receipt. The didn’t take part record included QB Taylor (concussion), S Julian Love (concussion), WRs Golladay (knee) and James (ankle), edge Azeez Ojulari (calf), CB Cor’Dale Flott (ankle) and DL Henry Mondeaux (ankle).
Numerous gamers have been restricted, too: QB Jones (ankle), OT Evan Neal (neck), DL Leonard Williams (knee), WRs Toney (hamstring) and Robinson (knee), and corners Fabian Moreau (foot) and Nick McCloud (hamstring).
On the plus aspect, heart/guard Nick Gates returned to follow because the Giants opened a 21-day window for him to show he’s wholesome sufficient to be activated off the bodily unable to carry out record.
“I’m just trying to make the team, basically,” he stated. “I’m putting my best foot forward the next three weeks and [trying to] give them any reason not to be able to cut me.”
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