According to New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has an ankle. What isn't clear to the Twitterverse is whether or not Beckham still has his other ankle or why there was doubt to begin with.
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Giants head coach used a common injury shorthand and everybody on Twitter made the same joke
Odell Beckham Jr. injured an ankle in a preseason game and his coach's comment led to a lot of jokes.
Beckham sprained an ankle during a preseason game on Monday night against the Cleveland Browns on a play in which the injury looked like it could have been a lot worse.
On Tuesday, McAdoo met with the media and addressed the injury. As has become common practice among both coaches and announcers alike, McAdoo abbreviated the injury by simply referring to the body part, as in "has an ankle."
Coach McAdoo: Odell Beckham... @ New York Giants
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This form of injury shorthand in sports has become a pet peeve to many fans and the jokes came swift on Twitter.
Here is just a sampling of replies to the Giants Twitter account in the first few minutes of the tweet. There were many more.
@Giants Ben, he has two ank... @ Suh Dude
@Giants Are ankles rare? #emo#... @ A.Goldberg09
@Giants @AroundTheNFL OK gr... @ Zane Majere
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@Giants He lost a whole ank... @ BYU Tweet Mob
@Giants I hope he has 2 ankles... @ Gobbo
@Giants He had one removed?... @ Michael Moseley
@Giants Rumor has it that h... @ Paul
@Giants Sucks he only has 1... @ Jason Burkhardt
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@Giants Hopefully he has tw... @ Mar3000
@Giants @AroundTheNFL So th... @ Robert Blazer
@Giants @AroundTheNFL He's ... @ Drew
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