"Having said that, there are qualities that Odell Beckham, this young man, brings to this football team. The likes of which I've never seen. He has great energy, great enthusiasm, he gives great effort. He does it literally every day he walks out on the field. He is an emotional young man. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and I will not defend his actions yesterday because they were wrong. This particular franchise and organization does not tolerate that. So I would not do that. But I will defend the young man and the quality of the person. I will defend him as long as I'm able and I told our team that. Our team feels the same way."
Beckham allegedly felt threatened before the game by the Panthers brandishing bats during warmups.
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