New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr followed a nightmarish play-off debut with a meltdown in the bowels of Lambeau Field on Sunday evening.

The third-year Pro Bowler reportedly punched a hole in a wall and banged his head against his locker after catching just four balls for 28 yards in a lopsided defeat to the Green Bay Packers.

ESPN reported the Giants’ star wideout head-butted his locker after speaking with reporters after the 38-13 loss, while several members of the stadium’s grounds crew told Newsday that Beckham was responsible for the hole in the wall outside the visitors’ locker room.

Witnesses on Lambeau grounds crew said @OBJ_3 punched this hole in wall outside locker room pic.twitter.com/GVuP0m7a34 — Neil Best (@sportswatch) January 9, 2017

Beckham had been targeted 11 times and dropped four passes, including one for a sure touchdown in the first quarter that forced the Giants to settle for a field goal.

The dreadful outcome was the climax of a week that saw New York’s wide receiving corps face criticism for spending a day off last week on a yacht in Miami with the R&B artist Trey Songz.

“There was nothing that could connect seven days ago to today and how we came out and played and executed,” Beckham told reporters. “There’s just nothing in the world, that’s not realistic. I think it did a great job at creating distractions for us. It’s unfortunate. That’s just the way this world is.

“There’s just no way you could connect something that happened seven days ago to this game today.”

On Monday the Giants general manager said that Beckham was confident that Beckham would adjust his behavior. “We all have had to grow up in different times in our lives,” Reese said. “I think it’s time for him to do that. He’s been here for three years now. He’s a little bit of a lightning rod because of what he does on the football but the things he does off the football field he has to be responsible for those things. We’ll talk through it and I believe – I know – he’s a smart guy. I believe he understands he has a responsibility being one of the faces of this franchise. I think he’ll accept that responsibility.”



The Giants’ veteran quarterback, Eli Manning, does not believe the yacht trip had an effect on Beckham but believes the widely circulated pictures of the team’s receivers relaxing before a playoff game had not helped the build-up.

“You’ve got to learn that the perception of things makes it different,” Manning said on Monday. “You do things, you’ve got to back it up. I don’t think it had an impact on the game. I thought we had a great week of practice. Guys were making plays and running around and intense and focused. Unfortunately we just didn’t have it yesterday.”

Beckham was selected to his third Pro Bowl in as many years last month, finishing the regular season with 101 catches for 1,367 yards and 10 touchdowns after overcoming a slow start to the 2016 campaign.