Lions notes: Golden Tate reacts to Odell Beckham Jr.’s monster contract

On Monday, New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. signed a five-year, $95 million contract extension. Luckily, media happened to be in the locker room when the news hit, and Golden Tate was right there to give his natural reaction to the new contract.

Per MLive’s Kyle Meinke, the Detroit Lions’ receiver literally fell out of his chair when he heard the news.

“The guys who have gotten paid this year are big-time players,” Tate said. ”I’ve seen those guys get paid, and quite frankly, I hope everybody gets paid. This is a tough game to play, it’s a tough game to play for a long time, and hearing about that Odell deal, I’m excited. Another guy I’m going to hit up for a vacation here soon.”

Ever since Tate made it known that he’s interested in signing a long-term deal in Detroit, he has publicly expressed himself every time a fellow wide receiver gets paid. He asked for vacation invite when Stefon Diggs got five years, $72 million. He was clearly thrilled for Jarvis Landry when the Browns gave him $75.5 million over five years, so much so that he tweeted the Mr. Burns “excellent” twiddly fingers.

Tate wouldn’t provide any sort of update on his own contract situation, but he’s still clearly thinking about it. He even tweeted about it on Tuesday:

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