Farewell OBJ’s Career, you were so young
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to mourn one of the most promising young athletes of his generation. Odell Beckham Jr, or OBJ, as he liked to be called (Sort of, he also likes ODB? Who knows what he wanted us to say), was a young man with heaps of talent and potential until he was tragically taken from us by a Kardashian.
Beckham wow’d us at LSU, he amazed us with the Giants. We all remember his famous catch. The catch that launched a thousand memes and quite possibly the biggest hype machine of the past season. Love him or hate him, it was impossible to deny the young man’s talent and everyone had a secret opinion on his hair. He made the Madden cover in his first season, and didn’t slow down at all, proving the curse as false. This was a man we could admire. A talent teams would fear. A temper Panthers would ignite. It’s an absolute shame it had to end so quickly, so tragically.
Beckham would want us to remember the good times. The anger Giants fans had towards him when he sat out 4 games his rookie year with a hamstring issue, before he came onto the field and turned their annoyance to something they would masturbate to on lonely nights. He would want us to remember his catch. His incredibly complex and bizarre touchdown dance. His other catch. That one toe drag against the Dolphins that I’m still flabbergasted by. This is how we should remember Beckham. The fire in his eyes may have gone out, but it will remain in our hearts. If you are up there, Odell, I know you’ll catch anything the lord almighty can throw at you, even a burrito so hot he cannot eat.
I would like to implore everyone here today to please, donate to our charity, the Kure Kardashian fund. Too many talented people are taken by Kardashians each year. This is a plague that we must stop. Your proceeds can make a difference.
Fuck tmz, their the cancer of the modern world and the most desperate shits stains I’ve ever seen
RIP Odell Beckham Jr.
Also, mtonews.com; Mortal Kombat wants their K’s back.
I will go into OBJ in a sec…
but yeah, TMZ is a blight.
Generally speaking I agree with you and have little use for TMZ, not being a fan of celebrity gossip. That being said, they have broken some big sports news stories in the recent past. Donald Sterling and the Ray Rice elevator video both broke on TMZ.
Look, he’s a talented receiver. But let’s not pretend that he isn’t a prissy little primmadonna, arguably worse than T.O. or Ochocinco.
He seems to object to any sort of press coverage. As one CB put it “He acts like nobody’s supposed to hit him and you’re supposed to let him catch the ball.”
The Norman thing? Not isolated Week 4 he slugged a defended in the face for blocking him on an interception return. No one cared, because he was a superstar darling.
He caught some pretty catches. But Brandon Marshall had a better year catching passes from Ryan Fitzpatrick, and he doesn’t have nearly the hype train. The man is overrated.
2013: 12 games, 91 catches, 1,305 yards, 12 TD
2014: 15 games, 96 catches, 1,450 yards, 13 TD
Borderline record-setting numbers in his first two years. Tell me again how “the man is overrated”. He was a monster at LSU and being a first round pick, it was only a matter of time until he’d catch fire in the NFL. Yes he has had histrionic reactions throughout his career, but nobody bat an eye until Josh Norman (got away with) provoking him? I’m not saying he was innocent by any means but this is overblown.
*2014 and 2015 lol
Marshall also played 1 more game and had 15 more targets. Saying Marshall had a better year is pretty much making an argument for the sake of an argument. They were both elite, that’s it.
Exactly Steve. The stats are negligible in this case.
People don’t seem to know what ‘overrated’ means anymore.
I’m not saying that he’s not good. He’s talented. But you’re kind of making my point.
“No one batted an eye at his histrionics?”
What you’re saying is that the refs and media let it skate (see: punching a man in the face, and the other team getting a personal foul later for retaliation), until he did it against a real contender on a big enough stage. That doesn’t make him better, that makes him a putz.
Marshall had another game and more targets?
Yeah. With Mcadoo as OC, Eli Manning has churned out some of the best stats of his career. OBJ has an, at least decent (at worst) QB throwing to him. I mentioned Marshall, because he has nowhere near the name recognition. No Madden cover. No posters of “The Catch”. No Super Bowl ad about bridesmaids trying to “Marshall” it.
Again, this is not saying that OBJ isn’t good on the field. But Brandon Marshall had a superior year with Ryan Fitzpatrick, he of a lifetime 80.8 rating, 43-61 record and zero playoff appearances. Both benefit from a high passing volume offense, and play in the media capital of the US, but OBJ is the is one riding a massive hype machine, so yes, I do believe that his skill set is overblown compared to the amount of coverage he gets. It would be hard for anyone to, but I already rolled out Exhibit A.
Now throw in the fact that he whines about being touched more than Brady, but actually cheapshots guys…
Marshall’s qbs have been Don’t care bear (twice; without Adam Gase), Chad henne, Matt Moore, and Ryan Fitzpatrick (in a good year), and soon to be Geno Smith. None of those guys are as good as Elisha in the past 2. Also, Brandon Marshall has matured as a player.
First off: you aren’t wrong, OBJ is overrated, but it’s not the usual form of overrated. He’s overrated in the sense that his hype train is so absurd that no player could possibly live up to it. He’s really fucking good and so far he’s deserved most of his hype, but not all, because it’s stupid levels of hype that aren’t really under his control.
Secondly, using Brandon Marshall’s stat line this year as a way to make a comparison point is extremely disingenuous because you’re leaving out so much other context as to why OBJ is hyped so much more. OBJ is a rising star, Marshall is a longtime established vet that people already know is good. Most of the hype around OBJ is entirely due to his youth. Marshall wasn’t setting these numbers as a second year player. Marshall didn’t have arguably the best rookie season a wide receiver has ever had (second only to Randy Moss). OBJ, despite losing a lot of credibility with his actions against the Panthers, never assaulted his girlfriend, which is like route #1 to everyone hating you and killing your rising star hype. Once OBJ has been in the league for 5+ years playing at this level, where people are simply used to it instead of enthralled by a new face, he’ll be in the same spot Marshall is.
Also, saying Marshall had the better season is being extremely pedantic. Look how fucking close these stat-lines are:
Marshall: 109 catches on 174 targets, 1502 yards, 13.8 average, 14TDs, 93.9 yds per game, 395 yac
Beckham: 96 catches on 159 targets, 1,450 yards, 15.1 average, 13 TDs, 96.7 yds per game, 516 yac
Beckham was 52 yards shorter than Marshall, with one less TD, better YAC, better average per game, and better yards per game, all keeping in mind he played 1 fewer game. They had practically identical seasons, so saying Marshall is better like it’s some big blow to OBJ’s credibility is dumb. Being in the top 5 WRs for 2015 with company like Julio, Brown, Nuk and Marshall is not proof he’s overrated, it’s proof he’s really fucking good.
Lastly, Marshall didn’t get the hype last season because Fitzpatrick took it all, thanks to no one expecting Fitz to be that good last year. Really Fitz just had incredible weapons to work with, but that just goes to show you the hype comes from a place of unexpected surprise (Like a rookie having the second best season for a rookie WR ever) rather than the norm (A good WR having a good year).
I thought the reason he was overrated was because of the catch. People thought OBJ was only good because of that catch. But when you take a closer look, his stats are insane,too.
The catch is pretty much what catapulted him into the stratosphere hype-wise and dumb people who didn’t follow the Giants didn’t really understand he pretty much does that stuff every game so they kept saying things like “It was just one nice catch”. No, it wasn’t, it was an incredible season highlighted by a damn good catch.
OBJ has been really damn good and honestly has played to a level that deserves at least 75% of his hype. The rest of it is just unrealistic expectations he can’t possibly match.
That’s why I call him ‘overhyped’, not ‘overrated’. It’s not really fair to call him overrrated when there’s no possible way he could live up to the hype people are giving him.
That’s a pretty good distinction. He pretty much lives up to billing on the field, but his celebrity is unreal. He made that catch and became the golden child of hype.
A couple more things on Marshall
1. he is an asshat crazy man, and no one wants to endorse him in ANY way
2. I don’t know the exact numbers, but Brandon drops the ball a lot.
3. ODB is on the rise and at this pace will be setting records in a couple years, that took other players an entire career to accomplish.
brandon had 10 drops last year compared to ODBs 5
When is Ugly Kardashian gonna go back to just being ugly with Lamar Odom?
Well I know not to draft OBJ in fantasy this year
Odell did defeat the Madden curse, so maybe he’ll overcome this one?
I think the curse ended with Megatron in 2012
Megatron retired with few years left, and he was on the Lions…
Well the curse is to be applied during the season of the cover. At least that’s how Dave claims it.
If we go by your theories, then maybe the curse has begun for Odell.
Trade OBJ to baltimore for Mike Wallace, You can have breshad perriman too.
Breshad Perriman is great in madden! We’ll take it.
OBJ is overrated
great argument bud
THIS IS sparta should join a debate team, or become a politician.
I have an arguement, but I have to be in a bad mood. But also it is very long arguement. Probably as long as the descriptions on the comics
Give it please.
So you’re not going to back up your claim?
Alright, here’s the short version.
OBJ made one fucking catch and became everyone’s favorite fucking receiver. Little kids claim that OBJ is the GOAT and have no idea who Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Marvin Harrison, Antonio Brown, Calvin, etc are. If OBJ was in the AFC West or NFC North or played against good corners, he would be irrelevant. I’ll give a very small amount of credit for having Eli as his QB though. Fuck OBJ
Sorry for this Dave !
Glad to see that he respects Brown as one of the all time greats.
Also insert Dave’s comment on Hachi’s identical comment
I am a Steelers fan so I might be a little bias
Lol you’re just a hater/homer then. Hate him all you want, denying that he’s good is just ignorant. Stop focusing on the one catch hype and actually look at his total stats and his average numbers. Against good secondaries? He put up 109 yards against the mighty Legion of Boom and Richard Sherman. Brown hasn’t pulled that off yet. Also, putting Brown in the same category as Jerry Rice or Randy Moss after a couple of excellent seasons is just as shortsighted and silly as people doing the same with OBJ. OBJ is already on track to have a better career than Brown. It took Brown several seasons to be a top 5 WR. OBJ is already there in 2.
He’s setting records all over the place for total numbers, not for individual moments like the catch. And he’s done it all as basically the only legitimate target Eli has, so he’s been double teamed the whole time. Hate him all you want but he’s actually really damn good. He’s not just one catch, that’s just something people who don’t actually watch him think because of the hype train.
OBJ was a first round pick. Brown was a 6th rounder. Sorry I put him with Rice and Moss. Brown got fucked by no flags in Seattle. Fuck the refs. OBJ is a little cry baby. I don’t really care what happens to him
Also what records? Giants records?
Well, fuck you too.
I know its being superficial but like when A-Rod dated Madonna why? You could snap your fingers and get anyone 10 times prettier then her.
Hey Dave if it makes you feel any better, he’s dating the one that made Lamar Odom overdose
I think the Madden curse just struck again.
At least he’s planning for the future. He can learn from Kanye.
Lol didn’t Reggie Bush go out with Kim for a while? Besides injury problems, he didn’t seem to dramatically regress. He’s about to play his 10th year now.
For what team?
His NFL career never really took off to suffer a massive plummet
He was pretty good for miami being the only player with any talent for rookie Ryan Tannehill
He was going out with Kim the year the Saints won the Super Bowl, so we have no complaints.
well nice knowing you OBJ it was lit
RASHAD ALL THE WAY NEXT YEAR BABY
First Lamar Odom, then James Harden, now OBJ…..
Which athlete will be the next Kardashian victim???
Don’t forget kris humphries
For being a guy that is widely regarded as being overly sensitive, between dancing with drake, the goofy hair, and now this, he doesn’t exactly make himself a hard target does he?
Isn’t ODB the Ol’ Dirty Bastard? WU TANG!!!
OOO BABY I LIKE IT RAW
Bonus points for the Simpsons reference! “As melon-scratchers go, that’s a honeydoodle.”
Ahh, the signature Kardashian Kiss of Death (KKoD).
Wait no, don’t kiss them. You might catch something.
Isn’t “overrated” something along the lines of “I can’t really say he’s bad, because he clearly isn’t; but I don’t like him as much as most others, so I have to somehow say so”? As such, “overrated” as an argument is vastly overrated. And overused. Especially overused.