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鈥?Odell Beckham Jr. isnt on the trade market. He isnt untouchable Adidas Derick Brassard Jersey , either.New York Giants owner John Mara on Sunday expressed his disappointment in the controversial star receiver.Speaking at the NFL meetings, Mara said he is not angry with Beckham, who recently was seen in a video in bed with a woman and what appeared to be white powder, though the timing of the video and its content is uncertain.Its too often he allows himself to be put in bad situations and uses bad judgment, Mara said, adding that the video wasnt helpful. He knows what we expect of him and now its up to him.We certainly are not shopping him. Coming off 3-13 when we played as poorly as we did, I cant say anyone is untouchable.Beckham missed 12 games last year with a broken left ankle, so he was sidelined for most of New Yorks awful season. Hes already made it clear he wants a new contract, and Mara admitted Beckhams mercurial behavior 鈥?which also has brought problems on the field, including a one-game suspension in 2015 鈥?could affect any talks. Beckham is entering the fifth and final year of his rookie deal and there has been strong speculation he will hold out during training camp.Contracts get done when theyre supposed to get done. Well just have to see what happens, Mara said.He added that Beckham playing out the contract is a possibility.The 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Year Cheap Josh Allen Jersey , Beckham has been New Yorks best offensive weapon when healthy. In his first three seasons, he had 288 receptions for 4,122 yards and 35 touchdowns. His highlight-reel catches have been, well, a highlight of his short career.But so have incidents such as an on-field feud with then-Panthers cornerback Josh Norman for which Beckham was suspended a game in December 2015 for egregious fouls.Beckham is scheduled to make almost $8.5 million this season and has said he wants to be the highest-paid receiver in the NFL.For now, Pittsburghs All-Pro wideout Antonio Brown has the highest average yearly salary for the position, $17.5 million 鈥?more than double what Beckham makes. Indianapolis Colts starting safeties Malik Hooker and Clayton Geathers waited anxiously for months to get back to work.
They agonizingly watched teammates run around as they learned the new defense. They were limited to sideline duty when the practice pace picked up at Junes three-day minicamp. And they were still out when training camp opened.
Now both have returned from knee surgery, eager to show the coaches just what they can do.
Its been rough, but I try to get those thoughts out of my head and just keep going and try to help this team win, Geathers said Friday. That was my goal coming in as a rookie and then one thing led to another. So Im just trying to get back and get right.
While things havent gone quite as smoothly as theyd hoped, at least theyve been activated from the physically unable to perform list. Both are able to participate in position and individual drills and believe theyll soon be in 11-on-11 team work after a long Jason Witten Jersey Womens , circuitous road back.
For Geathers, its been one obstacle after another.
He showed promise as a rookie, making two starts and getting 31 tackles after the Colts selected him in the fourth round of the 2015 draft. Chuck Paganos staff figured the next NFL prospect from the Geathers family tree was perfectly suited as a hybrid safety/linebacker at 6-foot-2, 220 pounds.
Instead, Geathers missed seven games in 2016 with an assortment of injuries, including a concussion that put him on the season-ending injured reserve list in mid-December.
Then Geathers needed offseason neck surgery, sat out until Week 11 and wound up making eight tackles while playing five of the Colts last six games. He spent the offseason again recovering from surgery, this time on his knee.
I went and got the procedure and one thing led to another and now we are here, he said. We are off PUP and now we are back getting acclimated.
Hooker has a playmaking pedigree.
As a senior at Ohio State, he finished third in FBS with seven interceptions and led the nation by returning three for touchdowns. The Colts liked him so much they couldnt wait to take him with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2017 draft, prompting then-coach Pagano to draw a quick comparison with one of his former star pupils Lawrence Taylor Jersey , Ed Reed.
Indy took a cautious approach with Hooker in training camp as he recovered from shoulder and sports hernia surgeries, but Hooker injured his hamstring at his first practice.
Once he finally got healthy, Hooker performed precisely as the Colts expected. He picked off passes in each of his first three starts, tying Eugene Daniels Indianapolis era record for most consecutive games with an interception by a rookie.
But seven games into the season, Hooker tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee, requiring surgery that kept him off the field until Thursday.
The ACL injury is a difficult injury to recover from, but I think and the coaching staff thinks that Im doing a great job of recovering from that and just getting back out there, not thinking twice about cutting, moving and things like that, Hooker said.
New coach Frank Reich hasnt provided a timetable for either to return to full action though the hope is both will be ready for the Sept. 9 season opener against Cincinnati.
Oddly enough, the starting safety duo has yet to work side by side Isaiah Oliver Falcons Jersey , at practice or in a game, a streak likely to remain intact when the Colts open the preseason Thursday night at Seattle.
Still, the Colts think they have quite the combination.
Just their physical presence Im standing over there and you look over there Im just telling you as a quarterback you notice it, Reich said. Its a physical presence. You also know as a quarterback when you are playing a safety who has that knack to have ball production. You know guys like Earl Thomas. When you are a quarterback, you know I cant make a mistake and any little mistake is going to be amplified when youve got a playmaker like that (Hooker).
NOTES: Andrew Luck took another big step during Sunday mornings practice with a touchdown pass as time ran out in the two-minute drill. Under duress, Luck scrambled to his left and threw the ball 45 yards against his body while on the move. Thats a tough throw to make, so thats definitely checking something off, Reich said. Left tackle Anthony Castonzo and Denzelle Good, who is competing to start at right tackle, both sat out with hamstring injuries. Reich said Castonzo will miss some time after reinjuring the hamstring that initially put him on the non-football injury list. Castonzo was activated Wednesday. He was hurt in Friday nights practice.
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