New York Giants: Eli Manning has never had this many playmakers

Odell Beckham Jr.

Position: Wide Receiver
Age: 24 (11/5/1992)
2016 Season Statistics: 16 games played, 1,367 yards, 10 touchdowns
Career Statistics: 43 games played, 288 receptions, 4,122 yards, 35 touchdowns

Three seasons into his NFL career, Odell Beckham Jr. may already be the best wide receiver in New York Giants history. He’s not yet No. 1 on the all-time lists, but he’s climbing rapidly and producing in ways that no franchise great managed to before him.

If Beckham comes back as motivated as ever before, there’s reason to believe he can continue his ascension into the tiers of the all-time greats.

Beckham has recorded at least 90 receptions, 1,000 receiving yards, and 10 receiving touchdowns in each of his three NFL seasons. If that sounds uncommon, note that better words to describe it would be, “Uncanny,” and, “Legendary.”

No other player in NFL history has ever begun their career by recording at least 90 receptions, 1,000 yards, and 10 touchdowns in each of their first three seasons.

Furthermore, the only three players to record at least 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns in their first three seasons are Beckham, John Jefferson, and Randy Moss. That’s rare territory for a player who was once pegged as too small to be a true No. 1 receiving option.

Beckham and Eli Manning already have tremendous chemistry, and the addition of playmakers to alleviate defensive pressure should only strengthen that connection.