Wide receiver says he is ready for leadership role"Sterling Shepard admitted Monday that he was ¡°a little shocked¡± when the New York Giants traded Odell Beckham Jr. to the Cleveland Browns Daniel Jones Jersey , but that it was also a reality check for him.¡°I think, but you sit back and you look at it, it¡¯s kind of the nature of the business,¡± Shepard said. ¡°That was a point for me to really sit back and realize that this is a business, and that¡¯s just how things go sometimes.¡± The business was recently kind to Shepard as he is received a four-year, $41 million contract extension to remain with the Giants.¡°It came up kind of quickly. We got it done fairly fast. I think we went back and forth maybe three or four times, but it was all worth it -- about a month and a half, two months. It was done fairly quickly Daniel Jones Color Rush Jersey ,¡± Shepard said.¡°I knew it was a possibility. I didn¡¯t know how quickly it was going to go, or what the starting point was going to be, but I knew it was a possibility after the season. My agent contacted me. I had spoken with him, and they were pretty sure that it would get done before camp started. It was an exciting moment.¡±A few other takeaways from Shepard¡¯s conference call with media, held the first day of the teams¡¯ offseason workouts.He will miss Beckham ¡°I will miss him in a lot of ways. I learned a lot from him on the field. That¡¯s like a brother to me. That¡¯ll never be lost, but just being able to talk to him on game days on what we see. That¡¯s something that we did all the time. Just different things that we saw on the field, and how to go about handling them. He¡¯s one of the best receivers in the game, in my opinion. It¡¯s great to have that type of guy on your team that you could bounce ideas off of and share what¡¯s going on through their eyes.¡±On new wide receiver Golden Tate¡°We definitely are similar when it comes to our game. I was pretty excited Daniel Jones Giants Jersey , to be honest. To have a veteran like that to be able to -- Odell is gone and that was the guy that I bounced ideas off of. To have a guy that¡¯s been in the league that long, and to have been around, it¡¯s great to have people like that that you can talk to about the game. I was pretty excited, and I have no doubt in my mind that we will be successful. We¡¯re both the type of guys that can play inside and outside, and I think coach will use us in a similar way that he used (Vikings WR Adam) Thielen and (Vikings WR Stefon) Diggs, and them. So, I don¡¯t see that being an issue at all.¡±On becoming a veteran team leader ¡°I think Odell going down kind of helped me with the leadership part of that. Being able to handle guys coming to me for some help on the playbook, or whatever it may be. I think that kind of helped me out the past 10 games with that aspect. It¡¯s kind of different. You go from having a guy like Odell and having a guy like (former Giants WR) Brandon Marshall and those types of guys in the room http://www.giantsfanshop.com/Oshane-Ximines-Jersey , and now you¡¯re the only one that¡¯s kind of looked at for advice. Like I said, I feel like I have been prepped for that, and I¡¯m ready for that.¡± The last two games are unimportant because his team is out of the playoffs? New York Giants coach Pat Shurmur isn¡¯t buying that idea. ¡°I don¡¯t believe that,¡± he said this week.¡°I think what¡¯s important is that we as a team do everything we can to go out there and play the game and try to win the game. Running parallel with all the thoughts moving forward in the offseason is this team trying to learn how to win again. And again, I¡¯m speaking as the coach, where we¡¯re doing everything in our power to put a plan together to win the game.¡±BBV Radio ¡ª ¡®Dwayne Haskins or bust¡¯Can the 5-9 Giants do that today against an Indianapolis Colts team that is 8-6, in the AFC playoff race and has won seven of eight? The Giants will be without Odell Beckham Jr. (quad) and Landon Collins (IR/torn labrum). The Giants are 9.5-point underdogs.Here is your complete list of Giants¡¯ inactives:WR Odell Beckham Jr. (quad)WR Russell Shepard (ankle)LB Alec Ogletree (concussion)C Spencer Pulley (quad)QB Kyle LaulettaS Kamrin Moore DE Kerry Wynn (thumb)My thoughts on Lauletta being inactive can be found here.Use this as your first-half open thread.Giants at Colts 2018, Week 16: BBV staff picks Julian Love Jersey , predictionsColts vs. Giants: Game time, TV channels, odds, live stream, radio, moreGiants vs. Colts: Can the offense move the ball without Odell Beckham?Giants-Colts: 5 things to watch on SundayRun over by Titans, can Giants slow the Colts¡¯ offense?[E-mail Ed at bigblueview@gmail.com or via the Big Blue View Contact Page | Follow Big Blue View on Twitter | ¡®Like¡¯ Big Blue View on Facebook | Follow Big Blue View on Instagram]