Getting two touchdowns a game from any player would be a massive help to the New York Giants. Especially after the offense demonstrated some of its biggest problems against Dallas, and only produced a total output of thirteen points. One player scoring two touchdowns would be more than the total production of the entire team for that game, but at least one star on the offensive side of the ball thinks it can be done.
That’s, of course, Odell Beckham Jr. “I feel personally I could score two touchdowns every game,” the receiver said yesterday, while also predicting that Saquon Barkley could score the same amount of touchdowns per game. “I feel like there’s other people on this team who could score every single game. That’s over 35 points. It just a matter of executing and then making it happen, really.”
The Giants do have a deep group of scoring players. Saquon Barkley and Beckham are the obvious ones, but there’s also Sterling Shepard and Evan Engram as well as Giants newcomer Cody Latimer. It’s not that the team lacks the talent to score, but the ball hasn’t gotten to the team’s biggest playmakers enough in scoring situations. Part of it is the much talked about offensive line, and as a result of that, the play of Eli Manning through the first two games of the season.
Beckham would go on to mention that he couldn’t remember his last win as an NFL player. “I haven’t won one in a long time. It’s definitely not a good feeling, not something you come here to do. You don’t come here to lose. You just don’t,” he said. Against Dallas, Beckham only had 51 yards compared to 111 in the Jaguars game.
Eli Manning’s passing accuracy also dropped in the game against Dallas, with Beckham’s catch percentage dropping from 73% to 44%. Two touchdowns a game from Beckham would be a big improvement from the first two games, as he currently hasn’t scored a touchdown.
Will the offensive production pick up across the board against Houston in week three? That should largely depend on what the blocking is like compared to the Dallas game. But if Beckham can back up his estimate of his own potential this season, it would greatly increase the chances of the Giants offense contributing to wins.