Doug Pederson responds to Odell Beckham Jr.’s touchdown celebration

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson addressed the Philadelphia media one day after beating the Giants in week three, and as expected, Odell Beckham Jr. came up in the conversation.

Any thoughts that head coach Doug Pederson and the Philadelphia Eagles were going to be able to just walk over the New York Giants can officially be filed away now. It’s still a rivalry. Maybe it was the Giants’ 0-2 record, their stagnant offense or the questions surrounding the health of Odell Beckham Jr. that fueled some of the theory that Philly would have no problems. Nope. The game was just as competitive as it always was, and at one point it appeared the Giants might pull it out.

The Giants comeback was ignited by a scoring drive that culminated in a beautiful catch in the back of the end zone by Beckham. Unfortunately, that catch was overshadowed by the celebration that followed. Beckham appeared to be crawling like a dog. Then, he lifted his leg as if he was urinating. It’s been described as classless, and some highlight shows even decided not to show it on their broadcasts.

Beckham defends his actions:

Beckham hasn’t offered any apology. As a matter of fact, he’s actually stated his actions were a shot at President Donald Trump.

Take a look:

“I was in the end zone. I scored a touchdown. I’m a dog so I acted like a dog”, said Beckham. “I don’t know if the rulebook said you can’t hike your leg. (The referee) said I peed on somebody, so I was trying to find the imaginary ghost that I peed on but I didn’t see him.”

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Pederson responds:

Coach Pederson may have thought Beckham’s actions were a shot at his team. When he originally was asked about what he saw, he had this to say:

"I’m really not going to comment on that, but our players see it, our fans see it. It’s one of those things I think you just kind of file away in the back of your mind, and you just remember those things and you move on."

Recently, he expounded.

"It’s unfortunate. I have to control our guys, obviously, and every other coach has to control their players. But it’s something that, you don’t want to see it, obviously, in the game. It takes away from a great play that he just made."

What did Beckham’s coach have to say?

Giants head coach Ben McAdoo wasn’t going to be left out of the conversation. He offered his thoughts on his star wideout’s touchdown celebration as well. He had no interest in rehashing what happened what he saw a day later

Take a look:

"We should be talking about the way he played. He made some great plays in the ballgame yesterday, some tremendous plays, some game-changing plays. I’d rather be talking about that than the celebration penalty. I mean, it’s real simple, I don’t want to kick off from the 20-yard line. It doesn’t help our team. It makes it tough on the players that are covering kicks and make an impact on field position."

Enough said. Now, let’s move on.