Beckham baffled by exchange as Giants lose to Steelers 24-14

Beckham finished with 10 catches on 16 targets for 100 yards as the Giants’ six-game winning streak ended. Shortly after, Steelers end Stephon Tuitt was flagged for unnecessary roughness after a shove to Giants guard John Jerry, who sold his fall to the ground.

The Steelers weren’t able to substitute much on defense because of the Giants’ reliance on the no-huddle offense, but the defense was still able to present different looks to quarterback Eli manning and Beckham. On 2nd and 20, Roethlisberger threw a deep pass which was intercepted by Apple at the Giants 47. “You can’t lean on one”.

Speaking of veteran linebackers, with the Steelers up 5-0 in the second quarter, Lawrence Timmons made a key interception near the Steelers’ goal line to thwart a NY red zone opportunity. Rookie defensive backs Artie Burns and Sean Davis tied Lawrence Timmons for the team lead with seven tackles, while Davis and Timmons each recorded pivotal interceptions. After that, he said, “it’s (the offense’s lack of) consistency”. “We know that’s not good enough”.

“We are who we are right now”, McAdoo said.

We’ll see if Beckham listens to Manning’s advice when the Giants take on the Cowboys on Sunday night. We need to go back to work. “But I’m not angry, I’m not a disgruntled employee, I’m not like ‘screw this.’ I’m a team guy first and I just want to make sure that everybody’s interest is at heart”. Steelers fans hope it’s a gift. There have been eight touchdown drives of 67 yards or more in the last six games.

The Giants entered Monday with the NFL’s 26-ranked offense, averaging 327.4 yards per game. Le’Veon Bell’s fumble led to Manning’s 13-yard scoring pass to running back Rashad Jennings, making it 14-7.

After enjoying the luxury of facing unproven fill-in quarterbacks in Cody Kessler and Scott Tolzien the previous two weeks, the Steelers shifted their focus to solving a complex riddle in Manning, who akin to Ben Roethlisberger, is in his 13th season and well on his way to playing in his fifth Pro Bowl.

When asked if he senses that Beckham is targeted more by officials, McAdoo said he “thought there were a few times [Sunday] that he may have been interfered with, but that is part of the process”. Cruz was little more than an occasional visitor on the outside during his most productive years. I was among Mitchell’s most vocal critics for most of the season, but he is definitely beginning to turn his play around. Meanwhile, Green caught 6 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown. NY will now have to go back to the Big Apple and evaluate what went wrong. He found it so questionable that he doesn’t think Terry McAulay’s crew should be allowed to officiate Giants games moving forward.

There did appear to be a tense moment between Beckham and McAulay early in the game, when OBJ went over to argue for a flag and McAulay pointed a finger in his face during their conversation. Beckham described an offensive pass interference penalty on him as “a awful call” and went even further railing against a crew that he experienced problems with in a game last season against the Panthers and this season with the Redskins. Rather, it was Odell Beckham Jr.’s criticism of the officials and how it might come back to haunt the Giants.

Tomlin said that Javon Hargrave and Shamarko Thomas were both in concussion protocol.

They surpassed that against the Giants, keeping the ball for 34:08.

Ben Roethlisberger likened tight end Ladarius Green to a Ferrari shortly after the Pittsburgh Steelers signed the tight end to a lucrative four-year contract, a rare open-market splurge by the typically free-agent averse club.

In addition to Dallas, the Giants also have games with Detroit (8-4), Philadelphia (5-7) and Washington.