Mike Francesa has a unique ability to spit out blatantly false sports takes with destabilizing confidence.
Take Tuesday. A caller to Francesa’s WFAN-New York radio show asked whether Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was “turning into a Shockey” — referring to Jeremy Shockey, the former Giants tight end whose off-field headaches generally overshadowed his production. Francesa had a head-scratching response:
“He’s long ago turned into a Shockey. And Shockey got away with it because it was early in his career, early in Eli’s (Manning’s) career, he couldn’t put the hammer down. But what happened is Shockey left, and they won two Super Bowls.