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Wayne Gallman Jerseys 2019 , N.J. (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr. walked out of the locker room after the final practice of season, carrying a box of personal items and feeling a sense of frustration.While Beckham returned from a career-threatening ankle injury, the 2018 season didn’t end as he would have liked.The New York Giants missed the playoff for the second straight year and fourth time in his five-year career, and the NFL’s highest-paid receiver was sidelined for the final four games of the season with a nagging quad injury.Coach Pat Shurmur announced Friday that Beckham will miss Sunday’s game against Dallas with a minor injury they said would not heal.“This is not the way I wanted to end it,” Beckham said. “On a positive note this leaves a huge chip on my shoulder for next year and just the things that I know I am capable of doing. It’s just time to do them and put my best foot forward next year. Next year will be the best year I have had of my entire career. That’s the only positive I can take from all of it.”Beckham got hurt when he was leg-whipped by Philadelphia linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill on the final play of the Eagles 25-22 win on Nov. 25.The 26-year-old Beckham played the following week against Chicago and accounted for two touchdowns. He aggravated the injury days before New York (5-10) played Washington.Beckham, who missed most of last season with a broken left ankle, finished with 77 catches for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns. He also threw touchdown passes of 57 and 49 yards on trick plays for a 158.3 quarterback rating.The 12th pick in the 2014 draft
White Sterling Shepard Jerseys , Beckham has one season in which he did not miss a game. That was in 2016, the one year in the last seven the Giants made the playoffs.Beckham said his personal goals are to win a title and surpass the receiving records set by Jerry Rice in a 20-year career (1985-2004) with San Francisco and Oakland. The Hall of Famer played in 303 games with 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns. Beckham has 390 catches for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns in 59 games.Beckham could have a new quarterback next season. Eli Manning turns 38 next month and there has been speculation about the future for the 15-year veteran.Manning’s lack of mobility has led to mixed success this season playing behind an offensive line that has allowed 46 sacks. Beckham said he would like to see Manning go out a winner.“I love Eli,” he said. “He is the first quarterback I ever had in the league. I threw with him at the Manning camp in high school. There are a lot of things you want in life. You can’t always get what you want. … But it has nothing to do with me. It’s not my call. I’m just a receiver. That’s above my pay grade.”Beckham said the Giants need to finish games next season to turn things around.“We’ve just got to put the pieces together,” Beckham said. “We were so close this year in so many different ways in so many different games. Finding ways to pull it all together. It’s been that way for a little minute. All the little things.”NOTES: Besides Beckham, the Giants said DL Mario Edwards (calf)
Sterling Shepard Jerseys 2019 , TE Rhett Ellison (concussion), LB Alec Ogletree (concussion) and WR Russell Shepard (ankle) will not play Sunday. No one was listed as doubtful or questionable. … Shurmur watched television Thursday night to see his son, Kyle, play quarterback for Vanderbilt in a 45-38 loss to Baylor in the Texas Bowl. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have traded star defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison to the Detroit Lions for a draft pick.Giants coach Pat Shurmur confirmed the deal Wednesday after practice without revealing details. The teams are expected to confirm it Thursday after Harrison passes a physical.A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press that Giants will receive a fifth-round draft pick for the soon-to-be 30-year-old Harrison, who was a 2016 All-Pro selection.The trade is the second for the Giants (1-6) in less than 24 hours and indicates the organization is cleaning house after four wins in the past 23 regular-season games. New York sent cornerback Eli Apple, a 2016 first-round selection, to New Orleans for two picks on Tuesday.It also waived tackle Ereck Flowers
White Darian Thompson Jerseys , the 2015 first-round pick, on Oct. 9.“We are always concerned about improving the roster,” Shurmur said. “My concern is obviously getting the team ready to play this week. We all know there are short term and long-term things that go on.”Shurmur believes he has players to replace the two traded starters and he expects them to be ready.Some believe the moves indicate the Giants are starting to focus on next season.“The giving up on the season narrative is really disrespectful to the guys in the locker room,” Shurmur said. “This is the ultimate team game we need to play better as a team.”Detroit coach Matt Patricia confirmed that the Lions and Giants had spoken, but he had no comment on the deal.ESPN was the first to report the trade, which comes less than a week before the league’s trading deadline at 4 p.m. Tuesday.Giants quarterback Eli Manning said his only focus was getting a win against Washington on Sunday.“It’s our job as players to worry about this season and do our job and go prepare each week and go play the games and win football games,” Manning said. “That’s all we can do. We are not worried about next year or next week. We are worried about today and getting ready for Washington.”Harrison joined the Giants as a free agent in 2016, signing a five-year
Darian Thompson Jerseys 2019 , $46 million contract. He helped them make the playoffs in 2016. The seven-year veteran never missed a game in his 2½ years, starting 39 times. He had 31 tackles and a forced fumble this season.The Lions (3-3) have one of the NFL’s worst run defenses. The line has been without end Ziggy Ansah most of the season. Former Giant Romeo Okwara has been in the rotation at end for Detroit.Detroit hosts Seattle (3-3) on Sunday and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Harrison is a great addition for the Lions.“Tell him to take his time getting there,” Carroll said.Second-year pro Dalvin Tomlinson and rookie B.J. Hill will handle the Giants’ tackle spots, backed up by veterans Josh Mauro and John Jenkins. Rookie RJ McIntosh has started practicing after spending the season on the non-football injury list.“It’s always weird seeing people go,” said Tomlinson, who was mentored by Harrison after he was drafted in the second round last year. “That’s just the nature of the business. I know he (Harrison) is going to ball wherever he goes. I just have to step up my game and make sure the rest of the D-line is ready Sunday.”
