Beckham: I'm cancer to a team that's OK with losing
Odell Beckham Jr. took to Twitter on Monday to respond to New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman's veiled comments about the All-Star receiver.
Asked in a Saturday interview if the Giants had a culture problem, Gettleman responded: "Not anymore."
Though the GM didn't mention Beckham by name, the Cleveland Browns wideout addressed Gettleman's comment and his time in New York in a series of tweets.
"Yes, I'm cancer to a place that's OK (with) losing," he tweeted.
Ask any one of my teammates of who I was as a teammates and a man and a person.... yes I’m cancer to a place that’s ok wit losing because I want to win that BADDD. Ur absolutely correct !
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) April 23, 2019
Beckham put out a call earlier Monday to "haters" looking solicit a response before firing off a series of tweets and explaining why he wasn't present on the sideline for the Giants' home games.
Ask the coach .... I beggged him to go to each and every one of those games actually for my teamatws and to be on the sideline for the home games... he told me “No”.... anything else sir. (That’s to whoever tweeted askin why I didn’t travel while I was hurt....) next
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) April 23, 2019
“We didn’t sign him to trade him...” you don’t get married to get a divorce ... I tried my best , the situation I had been in since I got there never changed ... we were still losing. PERIOD... money doesn’t bring happiness brotha... remember that
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) April 23, 2019
The Giants traded the three-time Pro Bowler to the Browns in exchange for a first- and third-round pick as well as safety Jabrill Peppers.
Beckham opted to end his Twitter tirade on a positive note:
What u don’t understand !!!!!! I’ve never been in a place so happy in my life, my soul, my spirit, is at an all time high!! Say what u want, there is NOOOO bringin me down .. PERIOD
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) April 23, 2019