Something just didn’t add up for Odell Beckham Jr. late Sunday night.
The New York Giants wide receiver, out for the season with an ankle injury, apparently saw footage of Tom Brady’s Week 13 sideline outburst, in which the New England Patriots quarterback freaked out on offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels during an eventual 20-point win over the Buffalo Bills.
Brady downplayed the spat as “just football,” and many fans seemed willing to give TB12 a pass. But one Twitter user noted that if Beckham similarly chewed out one of his coaches, we’d be all over him for it.
https://twitter.com/sean_lyric/status/937452200862855170
That tweet prompted a lengthy response from Beckham himself in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Listen when I say this is the craziest thing someone ever has tweeted or posted to me because I LITERALLY had this same conversation today about the EXACT thing ur takin about it. “There’s rules..and then there’s rules..” https://t.co/WiTVSL31ar
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) December 4, 2017
In short, Beckham agrees with this user that he and Brady are held to different standards. There’s more:
Or ….immmaturity , or “needs to grow up” or “selfish” or… umm what else is it exactly that ‘they’ say…. or “umcomposed” no bro , I’ve watched that man do that exact same thing for years. Beat every time I cheered for in the super bowls… https://t.co/WiTVSL31ar
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) December 4, 2017
Beckham has a serious gripe here, but apparently it’s nothing personal with Brady, whom he called the “GOAT” in one final tweet.
I learned from him. This is the 🐐. So I’m following his lead, I just may not know how to express it the same way. But don’t get it confused , how 12 feels about the game , I would have a hard time sayin that’s not EXACTLY how I feel. #GoatChasin https://t.co/WiTVSL31ar
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) December 4, 2017
We get where Beckham is coming from: He and Brady are among the most passionate players in the league, and if that passion takes the form of a sideline outburst (of which Beckham has had quite a few), it shouldn’t necessarily be viewed as a sign of immaturity or disrespect toward teammates or coaches.
Of course, you also could argue an established veteran like Brady has earned the right to get into it with McDaniels — who he’s worked with for many years — more than the 25-year-old Beckham has with anyone on the Giants.
