The Giants owner John Mara is ready for wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to make more headlines on the field and cease fire behind the microphone.
“I think he needs to do a little more playing and a little less talking,” Mara said at the N.F.L.’s fall owners meetings on Tuesday.
Mara said the Giants, who are 1-5, are embarrassed to be at the bottom of the N.F.C. East and N.F.L. standings entering Week 7. Eli Manning, their 37-year-old quarterback, has been the subject of much of the criticism directed at the team.
“It’s not just him,” Mara said of Manning, who took multiple questions last week about his ability to play at a high level in the aftermath of last week’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.