plan to make a no-brainer transaction by exercising wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.'s fifth-year option. The team will make that move this week, according to the NFL Network's Kim Jones.
By picking up Beckham's fifth-year option, the Giants ensure that their star receiver will be under contract through the 2018 season. The deadline to exercise the fifth-year option for 2014 first-round draft picks is May 3.
General manager Jerry Reese was non-committal when asked last Thursday if the Giants planned to pick up Beckham's fifth-year option.
"We are going to discuss that when the time gets closer," Reese said.