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Could be the most costly ever thrown

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to take down the video that she said was recorded at 6 a.m. Paris time.

If Beckham is trying to convince his bosses that he is worth $20 million per year and wants to use Mike Evans’ deal signed Friday with the Bucs as the floor in negotiatio­ns — five years $82.5 million with $55 million guaranteed — there’s got to be a better way.

Beckham is such a great player and such a handful. Why would he put himself in that position in Paris when he’s trying to get a new contract? He will wind up crying about the Giants doing him wrong if they force him to play out the final year of his deal this season, but he will only have himself to blame if his buddy Jarvis Landry is making twice his money in 2018.

OBJ is not Pacman Jones — he has no arrest record. He is not Zeke Elliott — he has never been suspended for domestic violence. He is not Josh Gordon — he has never suspended for marijuana use. But he’s still a terrible pain in the butt to the Giants.

They would be nuts to invest $55 million guaranteed as part of a $100 million contract when he has acted like a 3-year-old just out of diapers on the field — no need to rehash the episode in Philly last season — and makes questionab­le choices off the field — no need to rehash the boat trip. They should have no sense of urgency to get a deal done now when OBJ clearly doesn’t care how his behavior reflects on a $3.3 billion organizati­on.

Even Beckham’s biggest allies are running into each other jumping off the bandwagon following pepperoni pizza night.

“Time for you to grow up and stop being a little boy,” Cris Carter, who trained with OBJ last year, said on Fox.

Former Giants linebacker Carl Banks, the team's radio analyst, tweeted: “I am OBJ's #1 supporter and I’m here to say he has to exhibit better judgment even in his private life. …No excuse he has to grow up and embrace stardom responsibl­y.”

Beckham’s most immediate concern is being put in the NFL’s drug interventi­on program. It is at the discretion of the league's medical director whether to place a player in the program if “he exhibits physical, behavioral, or psychologi­cal signs or symptoms of misuse of Substances of Abuse.”

Will this video be enough? Remember, there were reports drugs were aboard the SS OBJ on the Miami adventure prior to the playoff game in Green Bay 14 months ago. Again, no indication that Beckham was using drugs. There’s also been no indication if he is already in the drug program, which remains confidenti­al until a player is suspended.

However, if the NFL’s medical director has sufficient concern about Beckham, he will place him in the program. That would mean constant drug testing for Beckham. Any player not in the program submits to only one drug test per year for substances of abuse between April 20-Aug. 9.

It’s always something with Beckham. John Mara was clear last summer that Beckham’s big pay day was coming. Now, what’s the rush? He needs to prove over the next year he can grow up. He’s not off to a good start with the GM Dave Gettleman and coach Pat Shurmur, two no-nonsense guys

The Giants have Beckham under contract this year at the fifth-year option of $8.4 million. They can control him the next two years with the franchise tag. This year it was $16 million and it increases each year. That would bring OBJ’s total for the next three seasons to a little over $40 million. But instead of committing to the guaranteed money up front on a long-term deal, the Giants can slow things down and take it year-to-year and use the pay as you go approach. That reduces their exposure to getting burned.

Beckham is trying to bounce back after breaking his ankle in the fifth game last year. So the Giants already had reason to tap the brakes on a new contract until they see him running full speed. The hilarious “Dirty Dancing” spot he did with Eli Manning in January does not constitute full speed.

The downside to the Giants putting negotiatio­ns on hold is Beckham potentiall­y boycotting OTAs like he did last year. But instead of then showing up for mini-camp and training camp to avoid getting fined, he could elect to hold out and worry about the fines later. eckham is on his third coach and second general manager in five years, and so far they are 0-for-5 getting through to him. If it turns out to be the worst case scenario and it was marijuana and cocaine in Paris, then the pepperoni pizza better have been damn good.

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