Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham didn’t shy away from

offering a critique of the team’s playcalling against the Eagles in Sunday’s 25-22 loss.The Eagles were shorthanded at cornerback due to injuries to five players who have seen significant playing time this season and Beckham said he “would’ve loved to attack them Sterling Shepard Jerseys 2019 ,” but that wasn’t what the Giants decided to do. On Monday, head coach and offensive playcaller Pat Shurmur called that “one man’s opinion” while defending his approach.“We ran the ball 18 times, we threw it 37 White Darian Thompson Jerseys ,” Shurmur said, via ESPN.com. “That is twice as many throws as there were runs. We had seven explosive gains in the passing game. The only team that we played that we had more was Carolina. We had eight. There were many times where we tried to throw to him. The long throw down the right sideline that we had to [tight end] Rhett [Ellison] was designed to go to Odell. They cushioned on him. We threw it to Rhett. You’ll have to ask him to define it after he watches the tape but I felt like we were doing the things necessary to win the game. We still got production in the running game, had a couple third-down calls in the red zone that were close. If we get those in Darian Thompson Jerseys 2019 , it’s a different story.”It’s not the first time that Beckham has shared his displeasure about the offense this season and Shurmur also came up for criticism about giving star rookie Saquon Barkley just five touches in the second half of Sunday’s loss. Given the fact that Giants were leading 19-11 at the half thanks in large part to Barkley’s efforts, that criticism is coming from more than one man and it may have had more to do with Sunday’s final outcome that Shurmur might like to admit. Running back Saquon Barkley played in the Giants’ preseason game as a rookie and then sat out the next three games after hurting his hamstring in practice.The lack of summer game action didn’t hurt Barkley come the regular season. The rookie posted 2,028 yards from scrimmage and scored 15 touchdowns during an outstanding rookie season White Kevin Zeitler Jerseys , so it’s fair to wonder if the team will feel the need to give him any preseason playing time heading into his sophomore season.Barkley didn’t play against the Jets last week and head coach Pat Shurmur won’t say whether Barkley will be playing against the Bears on Friday or any of the team’s other August opponents.“He’s a valuable player, so we’ll just have to see as time goes on if he’s going to play in these games,” Shurmur said Kevin Zeitler Jerseys 2019 , via the team’s website. “I gave you a clue on the quarterbacks this week. I’ll let that reveal itself. . . . I just want to be smart. I want to do what’s best. I think as we go through it, you see the good work he’s getting in practice. We just want to continue to do that.”It doesn’t sound like there’s any great urgency to see Barkley in a game situation until the Giants are in Dallas to face the Cowboys on September 8, but it also doesn’t sound like Shurmur will pin himself down one way or the other.