New York Post

Anyone watching OBJ show?

- CANNIZZARO’S CORNER By Mark Cannizzaro

IS ANYONE perched anxiously on the edge of their seat, waiting with bated breath to see where Odell Beckham Jr. is going to end up?

Other than, of course, Odell Beckham Jr.?

This Beckham tour — a visit with the Giants, his former team; the Cowboys, who’ve been most vocal about their desire to have him; and the Bills — has been a curious practice in that it’s totally Beckham-driven, not team-driven.

Beckham suffered a torn ACL in his left knee injury in the Super Bowl last season while playing with the Rams and is apparently at least close to ready to play again. In an effort to get signed this season, he created his own market. And he’s acted as his own publicist and agent, announcing to whomever will listen that he’s ready to sign and wants this next stop to be his last.

The backdrop to all of this is the fact no one even knows if Beckham is healthy enough to play, or when he will be, because he declined to work out. So, are we talking about a player who can help a team for the final few games of this season or someone who won’t be of any help until 2023?

No team in the league is as short on receiver talent than the Giants, who are 7-4-1, but should the Giants want to re-sign him, is Beckham well enough to help them get into the playoffs? Likely not.

Plus, the signing of Beckham doesn’t fit with what general manager Joe Schoen and head coach Brian Daboll are trying to do with this team, which is build it with youth and lessen the salary-cap strain.

In the case of the Cowboys or Bills, could Beckham help them in the postseason? Another potential pitfall is the attention Beckham brings wherever he goes, like baggage.

But even some on the Cowboys have expressed reservatio­ns, most notably defensive end Demarcus Lawrence — who, when asked if “it’s fair to say” he wants Beckham as a new teammate, answered: “It’s fair to say I’m trying to reach a Super Bowl. So, if he can come in and help us with that, then yes, I’ll accept him. But if we’re just gonna do the circus, no I don’t.

“I’m focused on this year, this team, what we have in this locker room and the journey we’re on.”

It was the perfect answer on so many levels.

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