Odell Beckham is ready to make his return to the NFL.
By all accounts, he looks healthy and ready to go. The issue seems to be what he is worth to NFL teams now. ProFootballTalk floated the rumor that OBJ was looking between the $15-$20 million a year range.
Beckham decided to address those rumors directly and speak on his minimum request via the New York Post.
Odell Beckham Jr. is perplexed.
A week after a report from ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio said that the free agent wideout wants a deal worth $20 million annually, Beckham denied this to be the case.
“I’m just so confused where the quote is from me tht (sic) said I want 20,” Beckham tweeted with crying and eye-roll emojis. “All I’m sayin is 4 AINT enough.”
I’m just so confused where the quote is from me tht said I want 20…..😭🙄all I’m sayin is 4 AINT enough
— Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) March 18, 2023
During last season, in which Beckham, 30, ultimately went unsigned, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that “league sources are predicting that his eventual compensation package could be similar on a prorated basis” to receivers such as Chris Godwin and Mike Williams, who make $20 million a year.
It’s possible Beckham’s agent has been asking teams for a contract worth $20 million per year, but that this wasn’t something he ever said directly.
We now have a range between $4 million and $20 million.
That is a pretty extensive range, and it is possible Beckham’s agent was seeing if he could fleece a team out of $20 million.
The problem with OBJ and many older stars in the league is it is hard to get them to play a secondary role for secondary money when they have been the center of attention for so long.
Beckham proved he could still play at a high level with the Rams after a couple of down years with the Browns, but he also proved that he is injury prone, so any contract he gets likely won’t be long-term and will be filled with incentives.