lf Ever since the game between the 2015 game between the New York Giants and the Carolina Panthers http://www.giantsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-connor-barwin-jersey , fans and the media alike have held their breath when Odell Beckham Jr. has come up against a talkative cornerback. This week he faces yet such cornerback in Jacksonville Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey. When he spoke to the media in the locker room on Wednesday, he presented the more calm and mature Odell “I think I learned my lesson,” Beckham said about taking the trash-talking bait. “This is, if not the best, then one of the best corners in the league, there is no way around it.”“Yeah, definitely,” Beckham said, when asked if he is excited to play against Ramsey. This will be Beckham’s first time on the football field since breaking his ankle in the game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Oct. 8 of last year.“Honestly, I’m more so just looking forward to playing football again,” he added. “But yes, it is an exciting matchup. It’s a good test for yourself in the first game against the best defense in the league, I would say.”As is well remembered http://www.giantsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-b.j.-goodson-jersey , Josh Norman’s trash talk got under Beckham’s skin, and the officials and both teams’ coaches failed to establish any kind of control until the friction exploded into an all-out brawl. Since then, Beckham’s passions have flared off the field, but he has remained relatively cool on it — But that hasn’t erased the images from the Carolina game.Recalling the week leading up to that game, Beckham spoke about how he allowed himself to get pulled into the mind game, saying he “took the cheese.” This time, he says, is different. Beckham said, “I’m seeing things different now, just knowing that it is going to be a matchup but it’s not going to be something where history repeats itself.”Ramsey famously insulted most of the league’s quarterbacks this summer, including Eli Manning, crediting Beckham for any perceived talent on Manning’s part. Odell instead chose to complement the Jaguars’ defense as a whole, saying that it will be exciting to play them Womens Odell Beckham Jr Jersey , and that in his eyes they have “the best defense in the league.”Time will tell how the matchup plays out, but Beckham is already setting a different tone.Here are more takeaways from Beckham’s Wednesday media availability.On playing his first game since last season’s injury“I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m at home, I’ll be in the middle of conversation, my mind doesn’t get off this game. It’s been a long time. There was a lot of hard work and preparation just to be able to get back to running and playing again. So, I’m excited. I’m real excited about this team and the opportunity we have in front of us.”On if he is curious how it will feel to play again“Yes. Obviously, I can’t wait to be back out there but I haven’t been hit. I mean, I was getting tackled in the offseason but not by these guys. Get you that first one, get that hit, it’s kind of like you shake it off and then you keep going from there. You need that first one but it’s not something that I’m so much afraid of. This is football. It’s always going to be football, regardless if you haven’t taken a hit in years or whatever it is. It doesn’t feel good to get hit. It is what it is.”On whether he would like to return punts “Absolutely, I just love having the ball in my hands and just being able to make plays. You get back there and you trust those guys to make blocks for you and you get to do what you do, whether it’s punt return, kick return Womens Janoris Jenkins Jersey , any of that. However I can help this team, I’m all the way in.”Giants vs. Saints: Giants’ DC James Bettcher knows “great challenge” awaits “Great challenge this week.”That is how New York Giants defensive coordinator James Bettcher on Thursday described facing quarterback Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints.The Saints are second in the league in scoring at 34.7 points per game. Brees is completing 80.6 percent of his passes, has set the league record for career completions and is 418 yards from passing Peyton Manning to become all-time leader in career passing yards.Bettcher said that while Brees has done so far this season is a “rare and special thing” in the NFL.“Really an offense that collectively has been one of the top five offenses for a while. They’ve [Brees and coach Sean Payton] been together for over a decade, they’ve called a lot of plays, run a lot of plays together. You can see that.”“It going to be a great challenge.”Like the Giants have the duo of Saquon Barkley and Odell Beckham Jr., the Saints have the outstanding running back-wide receiver combination of Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas. Bettcher was asked about controlling those two players.Alvin KamaraThe running back exploded on the scene for the Saints last season after being selected in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He had 1,554 yards from scrimmage (728 rushing, 826 receiving). He scored 13 touchdowns.This season, Kamara has 141 rushing yards and 289 receiving yards that puts him on pace for 2,293 yards from scrimmage. Kamara’s 30 receptions leads NFL running backs.Bettcher called Kamara a “really special player” and said “They’re gonna find way to target him and get him touches.”The defensive coordinator said there is no specific way to match up against Kamara, who does more of his damage as a receiver than runner.“At the end of the day we have to play fundamentally sound football,” he said. “There‘s no perfect call to get one guy on him every snap of the game.”Michael ThomasThe third-year wide receiver has 38 receptions this season in 40 targets from Brees, an astounding 95 percent catch rate. Thomas caught 104 passes for 1 Womens Landon Collins Jersey ,245 yards last season, and has surpassed 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first two seasons.The Saints move the 6-foot-3, 212-pound Thomas around, often in the slot and sometimes outside to create matchup issues. The Saints have, in face, lined Thomas up in the slot 22.8 percent of the time this season.“Thomas is another really talented receiver on the perimeter. Really strong hands at the point,” Bettcher said.“They’re going to move him, put him all over the field. There’s special plays that are designed to get him touches, just like Kamara. Might be in the slot, it might be the X in the back side of 3x1 a few times as the Z.“Anywhere they put him you’ve gotta be aware they put him you’ve gotta be aware he’s a focal point.”Eli Apple appears unlikely to play Sunday. He missed last week’s game vs. the Houston Texans with a groin injury and has yet to practice this week. The Giants could have Janoris Jenkins shadow Thomas.Linebacker Olivier Vernon has practiced twice this week and might be healthy enough to make his debut on Sunday as he recovers from a high ankle sprain.“You’re talking about a very special player playing on the edge,” Bettcher said. “We’d love to have him and when we do get him back whether that’s this week or in the future we’ll be excited to have him back.”