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Giants trade Odell Beckham to Browns for 1st and 3rd round pick

By Bryan Perez

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 08: Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants reacts against the Los Angeles Chargers during an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on October 8, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Los Angeles Chargers defeated the New York Giants 27-22. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - OCTOBER 08: Odell Beckham #13 of the New York Giants reacts against the Los Angeles Chargers during an NFL game at MetLife Stadium on October 8, 2017 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Los Angeles Chargers defeated the New York Giants 27-22. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images) /
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The Cleveland Browns and New York Giants have agreed to a trade that will send Odell Beckham, Jr. to the Browns in exchange for two draft picks and safety Jabrill Peppers.

The New York Giants have agreed to trade all-world wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. to the Cleveland Browns for the Browns’ 2019 first-round pick (No. 17 overall), a third-round pick (No. 80 overall) and safety Jabrill Peppers.

Wow.

The Giants were said to have placed Beckham on the trade block this offseason, but it was the kind of story that not many analysts took seriously. And if a trade was going to happen, the expectation was that New York would demand a top-five pick in return; the 49ers were rumored to be interested and the Giants reportedly wanted the No. 2 pick overall as compensation.

Instead, they settled for mid-first-rounder and an underachieving safety.

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New York now has two of the top-20 picks in 2019 — No. 6 and No. 17 overall — and Peppers to replace the recently departed Landon Collins, but there’s simply no way the Giants will be able to duplicate the kind of production Beckham is capable of even if they use the sixth pick on a receiver like D.K. Metcalf.

The Giants could decide to package the sixth and 17th picks to move into position to draft QB Kyler Murray, who many expect will go with the No. 1 overall pick. They have the ammunition to make a move up the board if they feel Murray is the right prospect to be the guy-after-Manning.

Regardless, it seems like an underwhelming day for Giants fans.

The Browns have to be considered the big winners in this trade. There’s no player like Beckham available in this year’s draft class; he’s a massive upgrade over anyone they could’ve drafted at No. 17 and No. 80. It’s not even close. His addition, combined with last year’s signing of Jarvis Landry, will put Baker Mayfield in the best position possible to have a huge second season in 2019.

Beckham is a Brown. Who would’ve guessed it?

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