Odell Beckham’s Super Bowl promise comes from ‘a better place’
Standing inside the Giants’ field house on Monday, Odell Beckham Jr. glanced around his surroundings and nodded to the Super Bowl banners hanging overhead.
He was asked: How would he feel if, with all the offensive weapons and options around him, his statistics take a dip this season?
Beckham never hesitated.
“See that banner? That’s all I care about,’’ Beckham said. “Honestly there’s one, two, three four in here, I don’t know where they put the fifth one, but they’re gonna have to make room, because we need it.’’
Beckham’s proclamation came after a lengthy practice – one in which he wowed everyone on the scene, again, with an only-he-can-do-it, one-handed catch. Reiterating what he said earlier this summer, Beckham again stressed that his body and mind are in harmony like never before.
“Just personally the way that I feel mentally, physically, spiritually right now I’m just in a better place,’’ he said. “I’m in a real good place. Things are flowing, just continue to push ’em in the right direction.
“I’m just in a different place. I don’t even know how to explain it. I don’t even feel like I’m here sometimes, my mind is just out of there.’’
Beckham’s body was where it was supposed to be back in January, when he played in his first NFL playoff game, against the Packers in Green Bay. Six days after taking a trip to Miami with teammates on a day off, Beckham was abysmal, dropping two passes and making little impact in a one-sided loss. Afterward, in frustration, Beckham slammed his fist through a sheet-rock wall outside the Giants locker room.
That loss fuels him.
“You have no idea,’’ Beckham said. “I really thought about it, I even thought about it growing up, the Giants, historical team, the Packers, historical team, Lambeau Field, ice cold, perfect conditions, everything you can dream of, and wasn’t able to capture the moment and did it in a horrible way, in a way that I woke up out of my sleep to. Didn’t think it was real but I used that pain, I used that pain and I turned it in a positive energy.
“I posted on Instagram the other day, I said, ‘If you can’t see it, you’re gonna feel it.’ That’s just how I feel. If you can’t see where I’m at then I’ll make sure that you do.’’