Eli Manning was not caught off-guard when Odell Beckham Jr. eschewed the Giants’ OTAs last month, nor was the veteran quarterback bothered by Beckham working out on his own in California.
“Odell and I, we talk constantly, and he’s up front with me about what his plans are, when he’s going to be there and what he needs to do to get better,’’ Manning said Tuesday on “The Jim Rome Show” on CBS Sports Radio.
“I promote him in doing whatever it takes for him to be at his best, and for that he thought he needed to be training on his own in California to get his workouts to make sure he’s healthy and ready to go for the upcoming season.