McAdoo not worried about Beckham

Another loss. Another day talking about Odell Beckham Jr.

It’s getting to be a habit for New York Giants rookie head coach Ben McAdoo.

While McAdoo spent some time talking about the Giants’ play in the wake of their 24-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night, he probably spent much more time than he would have liked discussing Beckham and another of his emotional in-game outbursts.

After his opening statement, McAdoo had to answer 11 of the next 12 questions about Beckham, his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against the Vikings, the receiver saying Tuesday he was not having fun playing football, his claims the officials were targeting him, just to name a few.

It was similar to last week af-

ter the loss to Washington. Beckham didn’t get a 15yard penalty in that game, but he had several meltdowns on the sideline during the game.

McAdoo again had to talk about his best playmaker, but not for the plays he was making.

The Giants had no media availability on Tuesday, but Beckham became the focal point in an interview with ESPN’s Anita Marks.

McAdoo understood what his receiver was saying. He doesn’t like losing and he certainly doesn’t like being held to three catches for a career-low 23 yards.

“When we execute better, spread the ball around and everyone gets their opportunities, we’re going to have some fun,” McAdoo said when asked about Beckham’s comment.

Beckham didn’t have much fun against the Vikings. Eli Manning did not throw a pass his way until the second quarter. When he caught a short one later in the quarter, Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes seemed to hit him late out of bounds.

Beckham complained to the official and then said something to Rhodes.

A flag came out and Beckham was hit with an unsportsmanlike penalty, costing the Giants 15 yards.

McAdoo said that he thought there would have been offsetting penalties.

“Every game is officiated differently,” McAdoo said. “Not all crews officiate games the same way. You have scouting reports on officials just like you do on opponents. We need to understand how the games are going to be officiated. You usually find out pretty early.”