{"id":910707,"date":"2026-09-30T06:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910707\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:44:46","slug":"giants-dont-plan-to-add-odell-beckham-jr-to-the-practice-squad-at-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910707\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants don&#8217;t plan to add Odell Beckham Jr. to the practice squad &#8220;at this time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The full scope of the moves the Giants made on Tuesday made their point clear. They could no longer justify giving a roster spot to veteran receiver Odell Beckham Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Beckham is gone, and receivers Braxton Berrios and Charlie Jones have joined the 53-man roster. It\u2019s simple; Berrios and Jones play special teams. Beckham doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not a simple shuffling between the roster and the practice squad. Via Jordan Raanan of ESPN, the Giants <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/50059755\/sources-giants-release-fan-favorite-odell-beckham-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">aren\u2019t expected<\/a> to sign Beckham to the practice squad \u201cat this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reunion with Beckham provided the Giants with a feel-good story, one the fans embraced. Reality has since settled in. With starting quarterback Jaxson Dart lost due to a knee injury, the Giants need to get the most out of every player on the team. Beckham wasn\u2019t doing enough. It was time for him to go.<\/p>\n<p>Whether he lands elsewhere remains to be seen. Other teams, like the Rams and 49ers, have needs. More injuries are inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Beckham didn\u2019t play at all. It remains to be seen whether that will be the case for the balance of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The full scope of the moves the Giants made on Tuesday made their point clear. They could no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-910707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}