EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Odell Beckham Jr’s locker is surrounded, engulfed by writers holding recorders, TV personalities toting microphones, videographers lugging heavy cameras over their shoulders. The phalanx have coiled themselves around the blue Giants chair in front of Beckham’s locker. But the chair is empty; Beckham is not there. All that is visible are a few pairs of socks, a green backpack, and a pair of brown boots splayed about on the ground. Several sparkling gold chains and his game jersey sit on a shelf.
Beckham’s whereabouts are unknown, yet everyone stays glued in their position, waiting for his arrival.