The Giants, as general manager Dave Gettleman said over and over again, did not sign Odell Beckham Jr. to trade him, but things change, and just like that, the superstar receiver is no longer one of the faces of a franchise that is in the midst of seismic shift.

In a stunning move, the Giants on Tuesday agreed to send Beckham to the Browns for a 2019 first-round draft pick (No. 17 overall), a 2019 third-round pick (95th overall) and safety Jabrill Peppers. The Giants were not actively shopping Beckham, but they were listening and were willing to get blown away by a too-good-to-pass-up offer. Does this qualify? The Browns have two third-round picks, and sent the Giants the later of the two — the last one in the third round.

The Giants made the deal, no doubt changing the course and direction of their team now and for years to come.

Beckham, 26, is a highlight-film player capable of astonishing one-handed receptions. He set several pass-catching records in his five years with the Giants. His teammates admired and liked him, but Beckham was a handful to deal with for ownership, the front office and the coaching staff, and this played a large part in the trade going down.

Pat Shurmur, in his first season as the head coach, believed he was on his way to forging a strong relationship with Beckham but quickly learned it was not easy having Beckham on his team. Shurmur was furious with Beckham going on ESPN last season and not fully supporting Eli Manning or the Giants organization.

Beckham on Tuesday night told the NFL Network’s Kim Jones he had a “brief’’ conversation with Gettleman after learning of the trade. “At this point I have no idea what to think,’’ he said. “I’m trying to process it right now.” Beckham added leaving the Giants is “bittersweet, but it is what it is. It’s life.”

In the end, the Giants, from the top on down, decided the cons of Odell outweighed the pros of Odell. Not long after he was hired, Gettleman stated “you don’t give up on talent,” but he did here. As recently as a few weeks ago, Gettleman also said it is his job to eliminate distractions for the organization and the coaching staff.

This is a swift reversal from August, when the Giants committed to Beckham with a five-year, $90 million contract, making him the NFL’s highest paid receiver. No one could have envisioned Beckham would make it through only one year on the deal. The Giants must eat $16 million in dead money on this year’s salary cap, so Beckham will be gone but his financial tug will not be forgotten. As if turns out, the Giants paid Beckham $21.5 million in 2018 for 12 games.

This also leads to serious analysis of where the Giants believe they are headed in 2019. To this point, they are committed to bringing back Eli Manning, 38, for a 16th season and yet they just sent packing his prime target. Is the plan now a total rebuild — trading way Beckham might indicate that it is — and if so, where does Manning fit into that rebuild?

Beckham is impossible to replace, as far as his talent and production. In five seasons, he caught 390 passes for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns. His durability, though, was an issue. He missed the first four games of his rookie year with a hamstring strain and played in just four games in 2017 before needing surgery to repair a fractured ankle. He came back in 2018 and was his usual formidable self on the field (77 receptions for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns) in 12 games before missing the last month with a quad contusion.

Beckham last season returned to a different locker room than one he was accustomed to, as rookie Saquon Barkley arrived and quickly evolved into a franchise force, attracting crowds even larger than the hordes Beckham commanded. The Giants will build around Barkley but created a hole in their offense, with Sterling Shepard their most accomplished receiver.

The Giants are now armed with two first-round picks, the No. 6 and No. 17 selections. They also add Peppers, a 23-year old possible star in the making, a badly needed addition to a defense that allowed strong safety Landon Collins to leave in free agency to the Redskins. Peppers, from East Orange, N.J., was the 25th-overall pick in 2017 and started 28 games the past two seasons for the Browns. He will be an instant starter for the Giants.

In what thus far has been a bizarre offseason, the Giants traded away Olivier Vernon — their best pass rusher — did not attempt to keep Collins, their best safety, and traded away one of the NFL’s premier talents in Beckham. Gettleman may not have signed Beckham to trade him, but he did, and what happens from here is anybody’s guess.