"I was pissed" - Odell Beckham Jr. gets brutally honest about his Giants departure after 7 years

The New York Giants drafted Odell Beckham Jr. with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft. He spent five seasons with them before being traded to the Cleveland Browns in 2019. It's now been seven years since Beckham's departure from the Giants.

On Saturday, Odell Beckham Jr. spoke about his stint with the New York Giants on Paramount Plus' broadcast of the Champions League Finals. The 3x Pro Bowler opened up about how he wanted to continue playing with the franchise.

Odell Beckham Jr</a>. opened up about how he wanted to lead the Giants to Super Bowl glory.

"For me, it's like the New York Giants," Beckham said. "I never ever wanted to leave the New York Giants. The reason you heard me talking about what was going on was because I was pissed because where I come from in college, if we lost one game, our season was over."

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"This was the organization I got drafted to. They believed in me. So if the Giants went on and won a Super Bowl, I would be happy. But deep down inside, I wanted to be the one. No question. So it's definitely you'll always hold that."

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During his five-season stint with the Giants, Odell Beckham Jr. put up 5,476 yards and 44 TDs receiving. He helped the team to the playoffs once during the 2016 season. Unfortunately, the Giants lost to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round.

The 3x Pro Bowler won Super Bowl LVI during his one-season stint with the Los Angeles Rams.

Odell Beckham Jr. remains a free agent ahead of the 2025 season

The wide receiver spent the 2024 season with the Miami Dolphins. However, he was waived by the team in December after just nine games. Beckham remains a free agent following his one-season stint alongside Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.

Last month, the wide receiver shared an Instagram post talking about his future. According to the caption, Beckham wants to find 'true happiness' in life. He accompanied the post with snippets of himself with his son.

"Where I'm at in my life. Hmmmm.....I'm really doin what makes my SOUL happy," Beckham wrote. "We all got different paths but on the same journey. n that's to find true happiness in this lifetime whatever that may be for u. Fxckk the bullsxht and everythin else in between...Love on the ones who love u whil we still here..."

The wide receiver is turning 33 this November. It will be interesting to see if he returns for another year in the league or decides to hang up his cleats and retire after a decade in the NFL.

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