EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Sunday was supposed to be the Odell Beckham Jr. revenge game.
Prime time. Beckham's Cleveland Browns against the New York Giants (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC) at MetLife Stadium. Both teams have something at stake in mid-December. The Browns (9-4) are on the verge of a playoff berth, and the Giants (5-8) have a shot to win the NFC East.
The drama would have been palpable, except that Beckham isn't playing. He is rehabbing a torn ACL, the same fate as his friend Saquon Barkley, the running back with whom he was not-so-long-ago supposed to create an explosive, dream offense for the Giants that should have been hitting its stride with a young quarterback.