Coughlin growing frustrated with Giants' No.1 pick Beckham: Report

It's doesn't take much for Tom Coughlin's face to puff up rosy red but, if you really want to see the Giants head coach's head explode, ask him about Odell Beckham Jr.

The Giants have high hopes for their No. 1 pick but haven't seen much of the player out of LSU because he has barely gotten a chance to practice this summer.

And Coughlin is frustrated — if not disappointed at the NFL's 12th overall pick.

"It would be nice to get him back practicing," Coughlin said. "He actually looks pretty good out there. He's moving around, catching the ball, he doesn't favor anything. I'm just hoping it's a real short amount of time."

After a spring which saw the projected No. 3 receiver struggle with hamstring issues, it looks like Beckham is still limited by the nagging injury.

On Sunday, despite the hammy issue, Beckham was in full pads catching punts with the special teams but wasn't running after catching the ball.

"It's more than that," Coughlin said Sunday after practice. "Sure it is. You're trying to put a team together. We saw too much of that in the spring."

"That," in coach-speak, is Beckham standing on the sideline because of a hamstring injury that first popped up during OTAs and keeps him from working more with the quarterbacks.

"It would be nice to get him back practicing," Coughlin said. "He actually looks pretty good out there. He's moving around, catching the ball, he doesn't favor anything. I'm just hoping it's a real short amount of time."

The Giants are one week away from their first preseason game. — the Hall of Fame Game next Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.

Fortunately, Coughlin believes some progress has been made with his first-round pick — who  is supposed to compete with Jerrel Jernigan for a vacant starting spot.

But no matter how much he or Coughlin want on the field, Beckham is at the mercy of his hamstring and the team trainers.

"They're not going to let him go if he's in danger of hurting himself. That's all there is to it," Coughlin said. "I can stand there all I want, but it's not going to happen. When they think he can go and not risk recurring injury, they'll let him go."