Schefter: “I Would Not Be Surprised If We See An Odell Beckham Trade On Or Before Draft”

ESPN’s Adam Schefter mentioned during an appearance on “Golic and Wingo” that he wouldn’t be surprised if the Giants traded WR Odell Beckham Jr before this year’s draft.

“I would not be surprised if we see an Odell Beckham trade on or before the NFL draft,” Schefter said.

Giants owner John Mara and HC Pat Shurmur have both made recent comments that have left to door open to a potential Beckham trade. At the very least, it’s clear that the Giants will listen to potential offers for Beckham.

There has been a lot of recent buzz about the Rams being a team to watch:

• On Monday, Pat Leonard of the New York Daily News reported that the Rams had contacted the Giants about Beckham.
• Charles Robinson spoke to a team source Tuesday morning who sais of the Rams’ interest in Beckham: “It’s not nothing. But it’s a whole lot closer to being nothing than it is to being something.”
• According to Mike Jones of USA Today, the Rams are expected to make a “strong attempt” to trade for Beckham Jr.

Rapoport reported yesterday that Beckham Jr. will not suit up for the Giants or any other team this year without a new long-term deal in place.

“Odell Beckham is not going to set foot on the field without a new contract agreed to, whether the Giants or whether anyone else,” Rapoport said.

On Sunday, Mara told reporters that no player is “untouchable” in a trade for them after a disappointing season.

“I can’t answer that one way or the other,” Mara said when asked if he could see a scenario in which Beckham isn’t with the Giants in 2018. “I mean we’re certainly not shopping him, if that’s what you’re asking (laughs). But when you’re coming off a season where you’re 3-13 and played as poorly as we played, I wouldn’t say anyone’s untouchable.”

Mara did, however, add that trading Beckham is “not a scenario I would like to see happen.”

Mike Garafolo previously reported that Beckham has told some people that he’s seeking as much as $20 million per year as part of a long-term commitment.

Beckham, 25, was taken with the No. 12 overall pick by the Giants back in 2014. He played out the final year of his four-year, $10,406,198 contract but the Giants picked up his fifth-year option last year.

Beckham stands to make a base salary of $8,459,000 for the 2018 season.

According to OverTheCap.com, trading Beckham would free up $8,459,000 of available cap space while creating no dead money.

In 2017, Beckham Jr’s season was cut short when he suffered a season-ending injury. He caught 25 passes for 302 yards receiving and three touchdowns over the course of four games.

We’ll have more regarding a new deal for Beckham as the news is available.