The Giants receiver has drawn fire for a yacht trip before his team’s playoff loss. He should have stayed inside, turned off the lights and shut the curtains
The impact of Odell Beckham’s Miami boat ride six days before the Giants lost to the Packers in an NFC wildcard game may never be fully known. There are those who believe his hands had lingering sea sickness and were unable to reel in football passes like they were South Florida marlin. Others believe it was Aaron Rodgers, cold weather and New York’s horrific pass defense that did the Giants in. Perhaps the truth, like proper weight distribution of an ocean-going vessel, is somewhere in the middle.
What we do know is that Beckham’s trip is being scapeboated for the Giants’ 25-point defeat by media members and fans whose thinking is even lazier than a shirtless day of sunbathing on the high seas. One thing happened, then another thing happened, and so the first thing must have caused the second thing. The logic is both air and watertight. But the optics of Beckham and friends sunning in Miami turned bad and it’s unlikely Beckham or any other NFL players will be taking Miami boat trips on off days again soon.
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