{"id":359964,"date":"2026-09-29T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359964\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:08:11","slug":"new-york-giants-release-franchise-legend-odell-beckham-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/359964\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Giants release franchise legend Odell Beckham Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    New York parts ways with the wide receiver for the second time<\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/writers\/jordan-dajani\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"            Jordan Dajani&#10;    \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/jordan-dajani-700.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    Sep 29, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    at<\/p>\n<p>    1:21 pm ET<\/p>\n<p>                \u2022<\/p>\n<p>            1 min read<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYG\/new-york-giants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a> are releasing wide receiver <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1824823\/odell-beckham-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odell Beckham Jr.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeGarafolo\/status\/2104978187188916335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">per NFL Media<\/a>. The news comes on the heels of the Giants&#8217; 12-7 victory over the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/TEN\/tennessee-titans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday, where Beckham played just six offensive snaps and saw one target. He leaves New York for the second time in his career, having played a total of 20 offensive snaps in three games with zero catches this season.<\/p>\n<p>OBJ, who was selected by New York with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, ranks second in franchise history behind Amani Toomer in receiving yards with 5,476. He also ranks fourth in receiving touchdowns with 44. His return to the Giants was one of the more fun and nostalgic storylines of the offseason, but he found himself low on the depth chart behind <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26697761\/malik-nabers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malik Nabers<\/a>, <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2240651\/darnell-mooney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darnell Mooney<\/a> and <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26706066\/malachi-fields\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malachi Fields<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"player headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1824823.png\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1824823\/odell-beckham-jr\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/422.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans wanted to see more of him, though. During Sunday&#8217;s victory over Tennessee, those at MetLife Stadium chanted for Beckham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JordanRaanan\/status\/2104978859343196667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN points out<\/a> that the Giants had to decide on the placement of wide receiver and punt returner Braxton Berrios, who is now out of practice squad elevations. It&#8217;s fair to assume the decision to part ways with OBJ means Berrios will be signed to the active roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Giants are tied atop the NFC East with a 2-1 record, the 2026 campaign remains in flux after quarterback <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26694019\/jaxson-dart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaxson Dart<\/a>\u00a0suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 2.\u00a0<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/1998197\/jameis-winston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jameis Winston<\/a> started in Week 3, but the Giants also traded for former No. 10 overall pick <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26695214\/j-j-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">J.J. McCarthy<\/a> this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York parts ways with the wide receiver for the second time Sep 29, 2026 at 1:21 pm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67424,7660,20363,3917,838,80464,3920,9,2683,11,10,22,34030,771],"class_list":["post-359964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-darnell-mooney","tag-j-j-mccarthy","tag-jameis-winston","tag-jaxson-dart","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-malachi-fields","tag-malik-nabers","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-nfl","tag-odell-beckham-jr","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359964","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=359964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}