{"id":210252,"date":"2026-04-26T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/210252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:46:37","slug":"giants-still-have-not-decided-on-odell-beckham-jr-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/210252\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants still have ‘not decided’ on Odell Beckham Jr. reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Odell Beckham Jr. complete a full-circle moment and return to the Giants, the team that drafted him in 2014, the team that helped catapult an exciting wide receiver into a phenomenon called OBJ?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not decided on that yet, he\u2019s not quite decided on that yet,\u2019\u2019 coach John Harbaugh said Saturday after the Giants selected three players to complete their 2026 draft class. \u201cI think we just have to kind of see where we\u2019re at this next week.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

The Giants last week had Beckham in for a workout and a physical<\/a>, and by all accounts, he put a strong showing on the field. The Giants added one wide receiver in the draft, trading up into the third round on Friday to get Notre Dame\u2019s Malachi Fields<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh is quite familiar with Beckham, who played for the Ravens in 2023. In 14 games, Beckham had 35 receptions for 565 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Beckham, 33, was out of the league in 2025 and was suspended six games for violating the league\u2019s policy on performance-enhancing drugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked him out, he looked good, we just got to kinda continue the conversations with him,\u2019\u2019 Harbaugh said. \u201cI really like him. Odell and I talked Tuesday night to see where he\u2019s at, see where we\u2019re at, see what he\u2019s thinking, see what we\u2019re thinking with the roster and see if it makes sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think if we do anything, just being honest about it, it has to make sense for the Giants, it has to make sense for him. He\u2019s in a different place in his career, for sure.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Beckham spent the first five years of his NFL career with the Giants, developing into a superstar player with an aura that at times overshadowed his play on the field. <\/p>\n

\"GiantsGiants Odell Beckham Jr. reacts after he completes a pass during the second half of their NFL game in East Rutherford, Sept. 24, 2015. NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

The Giants traded him to the Browns in 2019. <\/p>\n

He won a Super Bowl as a complementary player for the Rams after the 2021 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing I love about Odell is he\u2019s in such a good place in terms of his humility, he wants to be part of a team, he wants to contribute, he wants to help the young guys, that\u2019s what he talks about doing,\u2019\u2019 Harbaugh said. \u201cHe still thinks he has some juice and he looked good in the workouts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s still got to be able to play. It\u2019s not going to be the old Odell, it\u2019s gonna be a different version, 2.0 I guess you\u2019d say.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Giants are fairly well-stocked at the receiver position, with Malik Nabers, Darius Slayton and Isaiah Hodgins returning, Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin III signed in free agency and Fields arriving via the draft. <\/p>\n

If the Giants take a shot on Beckham, it would likely be a one-year deal for veteran minimum money.<\/p>\n

Malik Nabers on a Bleacher Report simulcast\u00a0 Thursday night with Packers linebacker Micah Parsons questioned the Giants as he saw his team select Arvell Reese with the No. 5 pick. Nabers did not understand why his team took another edge rusher, unaware that the Giants will use Reese as a weakside linebacker.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cLove the player, don\u2019t get me wrong. But where do you play?\u2019\u2019Nabers said. \u201cHe is going to want to be on the outside to rush but we just drafted somebody [Abdul Carter] last year to do that same position.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Giants head coach John Harbaugh responds to questions from reporters about players selected in the NFL draft, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. Noah K. Murray for NY Post<\/p>\n

John Harbaugh made sure Friday morning to speak to Nabers about those comments, calling it a great conversion\u2019\u2019 with the WR returning from ACL surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate kinda where he was coming from,\u2019\u2019 Harbaugh said. \u201cYou\u2019re in a podcast talking ball and he\u2019s like \u2018How are they gonna use the guy? Where is he gonna play?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI showed him how we\u2019re gonna use him. He seemed fired up about it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0Harbaugh did not sound upset with Nabers expressing his opinion.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t get too worried about stuff, as long as a person\u2019s heart is in the right place, as long as a person really cares and really wants what\u2019s best for everybody \u2026 say what you think, put it out there.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00a0Harbaugh was pleased that Nabers was the first player to meet Reese and his family when they arrived at the team facility.<\/p>\n

The Giants selected one DT in the draft, getting Bobby Jamison-Travis in the sixth round. <\/p>\n

They are expected to sign at least one veteran at the position. that was weakened when Dexter Lawrence was traded to the Bengals. D.J. Reader and Shelby Harris were recently in for visits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been in contact with several agents of veteran defensive tackles,\u2019\u2019 general manager Joe Schoen said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens next week, maybe have some more visits. It\u2019s certainly on our radar.\u2019\u2019 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Odell Beckham Jr. complete a full-circle moment and return to the Giants, the team that drafted him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34377,9,2683,11,10,22,12258,46065,34030,319],"class_list":["post-210252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-draft-2026","tag-odell-beckham-jr","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}