Odell Beckham Jr.’s fourth-quarter ankle injury was a huge blow to anyone associated with the Giants. For Brad Wing, it was personal.
Beckham and the Giants’ punter are best friends, and Wing was visibly shaken when the receiver suffered a fractured ankle that could require surgery. “I said I loved him,” Wing said he told his former LSU teammate as he was being taken off the field on a cart.
“It’s tough, man,” Wing said. “He’s more than a teammate to me. Teammate is probably the last thing he is to me. I consider him very, very close to me, and I know how much he loves playing football, and how much he wants to do well.