Giants practice looked no different than the ones that preceded Tuesday. Odell Beckham Jr. stretched and ran routes and made one-handed catches, offering no hint that he’d just been given multi-generation-changing money.
But when the newest highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL stepped to the podium for his first public comments since signing a five-year contract extension worth $95 million, the 25-year-old displayed the exhilaration and relief attached to the life-altering moment he’d worked countless hours to achieve.
“You dream about this moment your entire life,” Beckham said Tuesday afternoon. “In fact, you’ve dedicated your life to it.