Super Bowl LI: Michael Irvin has a party line for Odell Beckham Jr.
Retired NFL player Michael Irvin attends DirecTV Super Saturday Night hosted by Mark Cuban's AXS TV and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Strahan at Pendergast Family Farm on Jan. 31, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. Credit: Getty Images for DirecTV / Ethan Miller
HOUSTON — Michael Irvin is one of the all-time great receivers who has had the ear of Odell Beckham Jr. over the years. But Irvin said he has not spoken with Beckham about his decision to go to Miami for the night with his fellow wide receivers the week before his first playoff appearance.
“I didn’t talk to him about those things, but I texted Odell last night,” Irvin, an analyst for NFL Network, said on Thursday. “We didn’t talk about ‘Man, what were you doing partying in Miami?’ We were texting about ‘Man, where are you going to party today?’ That’s what we were texting about last night.
“I went to see him and hang out with him,” Irvin said, “but we haven’t talked about that.”
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
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