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EAST RUTHERFORD Evan Engram Color Rush Jersey , N.J. (AP) — ason, carrying a box of personal items and feeling a sense of frustration.While Beckham returned from a career-threatening ankle injury, the 2018 season didn't end as he would have liked.The New York Giants missed the playoff for the second straight year and fourth time in his five-year career, and the NFL's highest-paid receiver was sidelined for the final four games of the season with a nagging quad injury. Coach Pat Shurmur announced Friday that Beckham will miss Sunday's game against Dallas with a minor injury they said would not heal."This is not the way I wanted to end it," Beckham said. "On a positive note this leaves a huge chip on my shoulder for next year and just the things that I know I am capable of doing. It's just time to do them and put my best foot forward next year. Next year will be the best year I have had of my entire career. That's the only positive I can take from all of it."Beckham got hurt when he was leg-whipped by Philadelphia linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill on the final play of the Eagles 25-22 win on Nov. 25.The 26-year-old Beckham played the following week against Chicago and accounted for two touchdowns. He aggravated the injury days before New York (5-10) played Washington.Beckham, who missed most of last season with a broken left ankle, finished with 77 catches for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns. He also threw touchdown passes of 57 and 49 yards on trick plays for a 158.3 quarterback rating.The 12th pick in the 2014 draft, Beckham has one season in which he did not miss a game. That was in 2016, the one year in the last seven the Giants made the playoffs.Beckham said his personal goals are to win a title and surpass the receiving records set by Jerry Rice in a 20-year career (1985-2004) with San Francisco and Oakland. The Hall of Famer played in 303 games with 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 touchdowns. Beckham has 390 catches for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns in 59 games.Beckham could have a new quarterback next season. Eli Manning turns 38 next month and there has been speculation about the future for the 15-year veteran.Manning's lack of mobility has led to mixed success this season playing behind an offensive line that has allowed 46 sacks. Beckham said he would like to see Manning go out a winner."I love Eli," he said. "He is the first quarterback I ever had in the league. I threw with him at the Manning camp in high school. There are a lot of things you want in life. You can't always get what you want. … But it has nothing to do with me. It's not my call. I'm just a receiver. That's above my pay grade."Beckham said the Giants need to finish games next season to turn things around."We've just got to put the pieces together Patrick Omameh Color Rush Jersey ," Beckham said. "We were so close this year in so many different ways in so many different games. Finding ways to pull it all together. It's been that way for a little minute. All the little things."NOTES: Besides Beckham, the Giants said DL Mario Edwards (calf), TE Rhett Ellison (concussion), LB Alec Ogletree (concussion) and WR Russell Shepard (ankle) will not play Sunday. No one was listed as doubtful or questionable. … Shurmur watched television Thursday night to see his son, Kyle, play quarterback for Vanderbilt in a 45-38 loss to Baylor in the Texas Bowl. Golden Tate has more years of experience, but Sterling Shepard has played for the Giants longer than any other wideout on the team. Shepard, 26, has played three seasons in New York and signed his four-year contract extension Friday.Shepard and Tate, who has played nine NFL seasons, become the leaders in the receivers room with Odell Beckham Jr. now in Cleveland. “I’m ready,” Shepard told Michael Eisen of the team website. “With Odell going down the last two seasons [with injuries], that time definitely helped me get a grasp of what being a leader is all about, and being that lead guy in the room. I think it prepared me for this moment. I was pretty vocal anyway. I’m a pretty vocal guy. That will be no problem.“I’m no longer a young guy. I’m a vet now. This contract says a lot Landon Collins Color Rush Jersey , so I’m going to handle it the right way.”Besides Shepard and Tate, the Giants have Cody Latimer, Bennie Fowler, Corey Coleman, Jawill Davis, Alonzo Russell, Brittan Golden and Russell Shepard competing for jobs. The Giants also could draft a receiver or two.They will have to make up for Beckham’s production. Beckham averaged 6.6 catches for 92.8 yards and almost one touchdown a game in his 59 games.“We have no shortage of talent,” Sterling Shepard said. “Those guys are ballers, and they can get the job done. When they’re put in that position, they’re always going to execute. I have all the trust in those guys. I feel we’re going to pick up right where we left off. The last five games were the best games we played in the season. We just have to fine-tune some little things. Once we do that, we’ll be fine.”