Odell Beckham Jr. might select to attend till the upcoming postseason earlier than signing with a brand new NFL group.
In response to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, a lot of NFL groups suppose the large receiver is leaning in direction of lacking the remainder of the season to concentrate on signing for a group in free company.
This comes days after the Cowboys, Giants, and Payments hosted Beckham for visits – with none fielding a proposal for him but. Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones stated final week that he was ‘not assured’ a deal would occur.
WR Odell Beckham Jr.’s damage could lead on him to sit down out from the 2022 NFL season totally
Fowler’s reporting stated that group homeowners and common managers imagine that Beckham will wait till he is totally wholesome to decide.
‘Executives whose groups have executed their homework on Beckham count on him to attend as a result of, as one put it, “he’ll be the prize”” of the free agent receiver class,’ Fowler stated.
Because it at present stands, Beckham is not going to be wholesome sufficient to play till the playoffs roll round. By that time it would be nearly a yr since he final performed a snap.
Beckham has been rehabbing the torn ACL he suffered successful the Tremendous Bowl with the Rams
The 2 groups longest linked with Beckham’s providers – the Payments and the Cowboys – each lately signed free agent large receivers. Dallas signed T.Y. Hilton, whereas Buffalo reunited with Cole Beasley.
Regardless that they each might nonetheless make a transfer for Beckham earlier than the season ends, Fowler says ‘the tea leaves are telling groups’ that signing him now appears unrealistic.
In response to experiences, OBJ didn’t work out whereas visiting Dallas, and Jones stated he is unlikely to signal him with no coaching session executed.
Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones (R) isn’t holding out a lot hope of signing Odell Beckham Jr. (L)
‘I am not assured in any respect,’ Jones stated on a radio present final week. ‘And, so, that is the problem. Now, all of us notice that challenge of well being, that challenge of availability is right here each time.
‘You bought lots of historical past right here and you may take an excellent take a look at, not solely the plain and that is his efficiency, but additionally any points concerning well being.
‘So, all of this we acquired to come back in with our eyes large open and it must be addressed, and that is when you possibly can see if you may make a deal or not.’
