Kenny Golladay signed a four-year, $72 million deal with the New York Giants this offseason to give the team their first true WR1 since Odell Beckham Jr. departed for Cleveland. That $18 million average salary is currently the eighth highest at the receiver position in the NFL. And though it's still very early, Golladay ranks at No. 46 in targets (14), No. 80 in receptions (7) and No. 51 in yards (102), without a touchdown to this point.
Those aren't exactly the results you want from a guy making that much money with a fairly impressive resume of success with his previous team, and that's going to lead to frustration for all parties involved: the Giants fans, the fantasy football players, the front office... and most importantly, the wide receiver himself.
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He got into it with someone on the sidelines, and based on the initial video, everyone thought he was screaming at quarterback Daniel Jones out of frustration. Jones even acknowledged after the game that Golladay was "frustrated" and that they talked after the game, which would further reinforce the thought that he was, in fact, the target of Golladay's sideline explosion.
However, on Monday afternoon, we learned that Golladay wasn't screaming at Jones after all, at least according to the 27-year-old wideout himself. Golladay instead clarified that he was yelling at offensive coordinator Jason Garrett after he let his anger get the best of him, and the situation has since been resolved.
Whether he was yelling at Jones or Garrett doesn't make the situation any better, really, though I suppose that the worst-case scenario is a quarterback and wide receiver that are already clashing after just two games together. In any case, the 0-2 Giants could certainly use some more Golladay, seeing as he's their third-leading receiver behind Sterling Shepard and Darius Slayton. The same goes for Saquon Barkley, who has been a complete non-factor in the receiving game and is averaging 3.6 yards per carry, a figure which goes down to 1.9 if you take away Barkley's 41-yarder in Week 2.
So perhaps the problems really do lead back to Garrett, and if you're former NFL GM Michael Lombardi, you're probably not going to argue that this is the case.
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