Hour 1: The Giants’ Wild Offseason Gets Even Weirder

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Odell Beckham Jr. is back with the Giants, but Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber explain why the real story is not nostalgia. The signing raises bigger questions about Malik Nabers’ health, the Giants’ wide receiver depth, and what this offense may actually look like under John Harbaugh. Evan and Tiki debate whether Beckham is a meaningful contributor or simply a low risk veteran invite, while also digging into Juju Smith Schuster, Braxton Berrios, roster competition, and the troubling uncertainty around Nabers’ timeline. They also touch on the Yankees closing in on Tampa Bay and whether the Giants should have been in the mix for Myles Garrett.

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0:00.0	Tiki Barber as one giant
0:02.0	legend to another.
0:03.9	Odell Beckham Jr. is back.
0:06.3	Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what
0:08.0	he has left. O'Dell Beckham, Jr.
0:10.3	obviously signed yesterday,
0:11.9	and they had a rash of free agent
0:14.0	signings with Jujs, Ms. Huster,
0:16.0	and Baxon Berrios. We played a handful of games
0:18.1	last year for the Texans. But
0:19.4	clearly this signals that something is amiss with Malik neighbors.
0:24.4	We speculated about this a couple of weeks ago after we learned that he had that second procedure to clean up or fix or whatever you want to call it.
0:33.1	His meniscus, he tore his ACL.
0:35.1	That's a routine surgery.
0:36.8	You fix it.
0:37.4	It gets healthy. You'll be fine. The meniscus, and tore his ACL. That's a routine surgery. You fix it. It gets healthy. You'll be fine.
0:39.4	The meniscus, and I referenced what happened to my son, Chasin. He tore his ACL and
0:45.4	meniscus in his freshman year at Brown. He never really got back. And now, he's not an elite
0:50.7	athlete like Malik Neighbors is, a pro bowler, you know, on his way to being one of the best in the NFL.
0:57.6	But he struggled to get healthy from it.
1:00.2	And based on a video that we all saw at the softball game that the Giants had, Malik Neighbors didn't look like he was running anytime still.
1:07.7	No.
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