EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. had a scarlet welt growing between his right eye and ear, the apparent result of his lost sideline fight with a kicking net. It resembled a boxer's mouse, actually, making it a good time to give the New York Giants receiver a history lesson in the bittersweet science.
Just because Jake LaMotta fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times doesn't mean the two belonged in the same ring. In other words, Josh Norman is a very good football player. But Josh Norman also has no chance to ever be as good a football player as Odell Beckham Jr.