Odell Beckham Jr. facing suspension after battle with Josh Norman

At the end there, you can see Odell Beckham Jr. launch himself helmet first, right into the head of Josh Norman.

Drummond said the Panthers’ bat tradition is “nothing new”.

The target of the trolling has remained silent on Twitter and Instagram, but when he spoke after the game, Beckham refused to be drawn in when quizzed on his transgressions.

ESPN’s Ian O’Connor reported that Giants players on the field heard Carolina defensive players directing anti-gay slurs and expletives at Beckham before the game.

When watching this video, the first thing that comes to mind is why is the NFL allowing football players to walk around with baseball bats? The Panthers counter that they regularly bring that bat onto the field during warmups as a tradition not pertaining to Beckham.

Beckham, whose spectacular one-handed catches and runs have made him one of the league’s top receivers in just his second season, is to miss Sunday’s game in Minnesota against the Vikings.

Asked what kind of effect playing without Beckham would have on those chances, Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Monday, “You ask a question that requires no answer”.

As for his players being accused of directing homophobic slurs at Beckham, Rivera said: “We don’t tolerate that here, we don’t”.

The Giants wound up losing the game in the final moments, as they’ve done so many times this year, but most of the talk Monday morning was still centered on OBJ and Norman.

– Panthers cornerback Cortland Finnegan had an interesting theory on Beckham’s anger issues.

Speaking with press after the game, Norman claimed that Beckham was “gonna come out here and dance around and prance around like you’re a ballerina”, according to the Post.

Rivera said the Panthers wouldn’t stand for that behavior and the team found no evidence that occurred.

“I will not defend his actions because they were wrong”, Coughlin said in a conference call with reporters.

I still couldn’t help but think there was something more going on here. Now I am not trying to justify Odell Beckham’s actions, but there are a few things that changes the way I feel about this situation.

“Marcus has given me no reason not to believe what he told me”.

“The guy took a shot at me I don’t know how many times”, he said.

We don’t generally get into discussions about gambling here, but with the news of Odell Beckham’s suspension coming down yesterday, the betting line gives a bit of a look about how much the second-year receiver means to the New York Giants.

Carolina (14-0) has won 18 straight regular season games and can wrap up the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs on Sunday with a win at Atlanta.

“I want him out there to win the football game”, he added.