Eli Manning Claps Back At Odell Beckham Jr. For Saying That He Was The Only Thing Keeping The Giants Relevant

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It wouldn’t surprise me if Odell Beckham Jr. made a cologne from the smell of his poop and tried to sell it at Prada prices.

His comments from an interview with GQ that was published on Monday were further proof that Odell Beckham loves him some Odell Beckham. At this point, it has sailed past entertaining hubris and into the realm of delusion.

Odell spoke about feeling disrespected after the Giants traded him to the Browns, with Giants GM David Gettleman going on the record to claim Beckham didn’t vibe with the team’s culture. Rejection can make warp one’s reality, and it looks like that was the case with Beckham’s GQ comments.

“We were getting prime-time games, still, as a 5–11 team. Why? Because people want to see the show. You want to see me play. That’s just real rap. I’m not sitting here like, ‘It’s because of me.’ But let’s just be real,” Beckham said.

Ummm, you weren’t playing in Cincinnati, you were playing in the biggest television market in the entire country (by far) and for a team who’s valued at $3.3 billion (3rd in the league).

Eli Manning, whose presence could not be any different from his former teammate’s and who rarely stirs up controversy in the media, couldn’t help but hit back.

“I don’t think they bothered me,” Manning said of the comments. “You just kind of shake your head and laugh. … I won a few games before he was here.”

I genuinely think Odell simply has yet to recognize that Eli won two Super Bowls, one against arguably the greatest team in NFL history.

Meanwhile, Odell is fluctuating from his whole “I’m taking a break from social media to start grinding” shtick to posting shit like this. Surprised it doesn’t feature a Lombardi trophy.

Ok, that was actually pretty sick. Goddamn you, Odell.