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OBJ's Attitude Proving To Be A Problem For The G-Men

Will his attitude change in the coming weeks?

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Last year, we saw the first of Odell Beckham Jr.'s temper tantrums. Against Carolina, he freaked out and it could have cost his team the game, even though they lost anyway. Cornerback Josh Norman got in his head and it caused for a few unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties that should have got him thrown out of the game and given his team no chance at mounting a comeback. That was not the case, the game went on and the Giants almost won. Now, Giants fans and many fans around the league did not think much of this because of his dominance so far that year and his unbelievable play. They did not care as much because he was playing well. But now, we have seen these tantrums resurface and it is starting to become a serious problem. Not only for Giants fans but for fans of the whole league and it called for some action by his team.

The New York Giants stated, after his latest tantrum last weekend, that the team would sit Beckham Jr. in this week's game and would possibly suspend him if he pulled another stunt like that against the Packers on Sunday. Luckily for everyone, that did not happen, which showed a bit of maturity from the wide receiver out of LSU, but I don't think that we can say that we are definitely in the clear.

Either way, I hope they tantrums have stopped because it is truly distracting and disgusting to see from a professional football player. Odell Beckham Jr. should not be going on the sidelines moaping around and bringing the team morale down after he didn't get thrown to on a play or after the Giants made a mistake. I get that it is frustrating because I am sure that it is just as frustrating for the fans and I know he wants to perform well week in and week out, but sometimes that just isn't possible and a cornerback has your number that week. The worst comes when he gets extremely angry and starts making dangerous, uncontrollable plays that could seriously hurt someone on the field. That's when you know and that's when you realize it must stop immediately before anything truly happens. He also needs to learn that no matter what a cornerback is going to trash talk you and you need to learn how to handle it yourself because the minute he gets in your head, you are done. That has proved to be even more true for Beckham Jr.

In my opinion, these acts are a reflection of the Giants team as a whole and it needs to be stopped. He needs to learn how to control his anger and use it to his advantage. It may be hard when your team goes three and out after you run a perfect route and get wide open and your QB doesn't throw you the ball, but he has to try. If he can use the trash talk, the anger, the desire for the things to be better to his advantage and to fuel his play into another level instead of trash talking back or crying on the sidelines, then he will be even more explosive than he already is. He needs to learn how to take all of that and store it away, just to let it all go on the next play because he really wanted the ball so he ran his route harder and made a better play and it worked out. If the Giants can get Odell Beckahm Jr. to use his anger in that way, that could seriously turn around his and the team's year for the better. It will make cornerback's fear when OBJ gets made because they know it could result in a dominant performance against them and that is exactly what the Giants need right now.

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