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Beckham stunning but Giants flop
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ODELL Beckham Jr. hopes his jaw-dropping, one-handed touchdown catch for the New York Giants on Sunday night isn’t the NFL’s greatest of all time. The rookie believes there are more great catches to come, including some he can make and celebrate.
“I haven’t really seen it yet. I saw it on the replays,” said Beckham, who finished with 10 catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns in the 28-31 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
“I hope it is not the greatest catch because with time I hope I can make more. It really means nothing. You still go home at the end of the day with a loss, and that’s just not a good feeling.”
The catch lifted a sellout crowd of more than 80,000 fans out of their seats, and it didn’t make a difference if they were cheering for the Giants or the Cowboys.
“I have played this game for 10 years,” Giants safety Antrel Rolle said, “and that was the greatest catch I’ve seen.”
Beckham’s right hand was fully extended in almost a backstroke motion while his legs were almost perpendicular to the field. “It’s special,” Dallas quarterback Tony Romo said. “I’ve got a guy on our team who makes come incredible catches. That one is right there with anything I’ve ever seen. That was pretty impressive.”
Beckham, who missed the first four games of the season, agreed it was his best in a game — for now.
“I guess I have to thank my mom for the long fingers,” said Beckham, who practices one-hand catches before every game. “Hers are maybe a half an inch shorter than mine.”
Still, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Giants from losing their sixth straight game, as Romo led a game-winning drive after New York took a 28-21 lead on a 1-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Adrien Robinson with 3 minutes to play.
Romo threw two touchdown passes to Dez Bryant, the game winner coming from 13 yards with 1:01 remaining. It capped an 80-yard march in which Romo never was pressured as he searched for receivers.
In Denver, Peyton Manning threw three of his four TD passes to Demaryius Thomas and C.J. Anderson ran for 167 yards and the go-ahead score in the Broncos’ 39-36 win over the Miami Dolphins. Manning became the third player in NFL history with touchdown passes in 50 consecutive games.
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