Last year, Marvin Jones averaged the 11th most receiving yards per game. This year, Golden Tate is 10th.

Yet it's possible Kenny Golladay has been better than both of them in 2018.

Metrics say Golladay is the ninth best receiver in the NFL, trailing only DeSean Jackson, Adam Thielen, DeAndre Hopkins, Tyreek Hill, Michael Thomas, Mike Evans, A.J. Green and Odell Beckham.

And Golladay's emergence, with two really good players ahead of him, was one of the brightest developments of the first five weeks of season.

Golladay now has 27 catches, just one off his total from all last season. He has 428 yards, which is just 3 off Tate's team lead. And he's been the No. 1 threat downfield. He now has 55 catches for 905 yards and six touchdowns in 16 career games, which is better than both Calvin Johnson and Herman Moore. And he's done so while playing with better receivers than either of them, the story went on to say.

WR Odell Beckham Jr has now agreed to a 5-year extension.

The deal makes him the highest paid WR in the NFL on a $95 million max deal, $65 million total guaranteed. He comes into this season ranked as our No. 4 WR. He finished No. 7 last year in just 12 games and No. 5 and No. 4 the two seasons before, respectively. As we say in his profile, he's a threat to be the top fantasy receiver as long as he can stay healthy.

After more than a year of talk about a holdout, a trade or a franchise tag: Odell Beckham's future with the Giants is nearly settled.

The uncertainty and negotiating ploys are over as the Giants and their star are close to a five-year contract extension that will make him the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL, according to NFL Network. NJ Advance Media has not confirmed the report.

The story went on to say Beckham will have either the highest annual salary, topping Antonio Brown of the Steelers ($17 million on a four-year deal)—or the most guaranteed money—topping Mike Evans of the Buccaneers ($55 million). Or both.

There’s a rumor making the rounds that a deal between the Giants and receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is done. But it’s not quite done yet.

Word is that Beckham is privately claiming that a new contract is in place. Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the deal is close but not done.

The Giants and Beckham seem to be targeting Week 1 for a new contract. Several weeks ago, competing reports emerged regarding whether the Giants are willing to make Beckham the highest-paid receiver in the league, with characterizations of the team’s offer hinging on the “new money” fiction.

Through nearly four weeks of training camp practice, all indications are that Odell Beckham has been the same dynamic player in practice that he's ever been. On Monday, Detroit Lions All-Pro cornerback Darius Slay gave his recovery a ringing endorsement following the first of three joint practices between the Lions and Giants.

"He looks like he's going," Slay said, when asked how Beckham looks at this stage of his recovery. "He's catching the rock, and running the rock."

"He's always been explosive. He's never going to lose that, except when he turns 50, I suppose. But, he's always been explosive. Other than that, he's Odell. That's just it."

The story said there was concern Beckham wouldn't take part in joint practices with the Lions after not playing against the BrownS in the team's first preseason game, but on Monday he took part in nearly every period.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Giants and Odell Beckham’s agent Zeke Sandhu have talked about a deal that would make Beckham the highest-paid receiver in the league.

Rapoport adds that the sides are encouraged a deal could come by the start of the regular season. Earlier today a report surfaced the team offered Beckham a deal that would come in under the $16 million per year the Chiefs will pay Sammy Watkins.

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.'s agent has left the New York area with no deal in place after face-to-face meetings with the team last week, a source told ESPN's Josina Anderson.

According to the story, a team source told Anderson that agent Zeke Sandhu and the Giants worked diligently to consummate a deal but could not agree on Beckham's market value. The Giants are valuing Beckham at a total average annual value below Chiefs WR Sammy Watkins, who has an average annual value of $16 million in his current deal, a source told Anderson.

Through the first week of practices, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has been the star of the show and shown no ill effects of a shattered right ankle that ended his season in Week 5 of 2017, whether he has lined up outside or in the slot.

Related players: Eli Manning, Saquon Barkley

The story added the additions on the O-line seem to have given Manning a boost at this stage in his career. Overall, the Giants offense looks to have a lot of fantasy potential this season.

For all of the talk about the improved arsenal around Giants quarterback Eli Manning, there has yet to be a practice where the full potential of the offense was on display.

That changed on Sunday.

During what was arguably his strongest performance of the offseason, Manning put on a show and hit every target as wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr., Sterling Shepard, tight end Evan Engram, and running back Saquon Barkley all benefited from Manning's accuracy and, at times, his arm strength on the deep ball.

As the story said, it was only one practice, but Manning seemed dialed in and more than ready to maximize the talent that the Giants put around him this offseason.