There will come a moment when a receiver will go across the middle and Brandon Meriweather will have him right in his sights, just the way those Jaguars defensive backs had Odell Beckham lined up last week. His choice will be simple: Go for the ball or hammer the receiver.
The reputation of the Giants’ new safety suggests his choice will be easy. But Meriweather insists his reputation is wrong.
“Everybody pegs me as a dirty player,” Meriweather told the Daily News on Thursday. “But me personally, I don’t consider myself a dirty player. I don’t do stuff like that.