Quick Hitters
CLEVELAND — The New York Giants’ exhibition season has gotten serious.
Star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. hurt his left leg during Monday night’s game against Cleveland when he took a legalbut-questionable hit on the knee from Browns cornerback Briean Boddy-Calhoun.
Beckham, one of the NFL’s best players, caught an 18-yard pass and was coming down on his left leg when he was immediately hit by Boddy-Calhoun’s right shoulder and helmet. The impact flipped Beckham onto his side and his head bounced off the turf.
Beckham popped up, ripped off his helmet and slammed it in frustration. After taking a knee as medical staff ran out to assist him, the outspoken and charismatic Beckham walked off slowly and glared menacingly at BoddyCalhoun in Cleveland’s defensive huddle.
Beckham spent a few minutes sitting alone on the bench before heading to the locker room. TV cameras captured him dropping to his knees on the floor in the corridor outside New York’s locker room.
The Giants said X-rays on Beckham’s ankle were negative and that he has a sprain. He was also checked and cleared for a concussion.
Trevor Siemian wins Broncos QB job again
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Vance Joseph was admittedly enamored of the idea of a towering, chuckit-or-tuck-it quarterback with firstround pedigree and a lightning bolt for a right arm leading the Denver Broncos in 2017.
Even more captivating for the rookie head coach was the notion of his egghead seventh-rounder with the sneaky fastball and penchant for making the right decisions calling the signals.
So, it’s Trevor Siemian and not Paxton Lynch who will start for the Broncos.
Joseph made the announcement Monday following a fivemonth audition that represented the biggest position battle in the NFL this offseason.
Joseph suggested Lynch may still represent the future in Denver, but with a team that’s just 18 months removed from a championship parade and so good on defense, he had to think about today, not tomorrow. So, Siemian is his guy. Just as he was Gary Kubiak’s choice a year ago.