Odell Beckham Jr. said Thursday he was told by some Browns teammates that former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who is now the Jets’ defensive coordinator, instructed players on the squad to “take me out of the game” when the Giants played the Browns in a 2017 preseason game.
“In preseason, nobody in the NFL is out to do stuff like that,” Beckham told reporters at the Browns’ training facility. “I had players on this team telling me that that’s what he was telling them to do, take me out of the game, and it’s preseason.”
Here’s one of those plays where Browns cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun his OBJ low at the knees when the then-Giants WR leaped up to make a catch.
Odell suffered a sprained ankle on the play and while he was healthy enough to start the season, he would go on to suffer a season-ending injury on the same ankle in an Oct. 9 game against the Chargers at MetLife Stadium.
Beckham didn’t reveal which players told him this info, but stated he will be mindful of avoiding “cheap shots and dirty hits” against the Jets.
