NFL insider reveals when OBJ will make his free agent decision
By Josh Hill
With Odell Beckham Jr. rumors in overdrive, the free agent wide receiver has finally set a timeline for when he plans to decide where he will sign.
It appears the Odell Beckham Jr. sweepstakes is about to finally end.
After a season of rehabbing his ACL and getting a lay of the land — which has kicked up a fervor of rumors about where his future will take him — the free agent receiver plans on finishing his team meetings before then sitting down with his family to make the best call.
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Beckham is expected to make a decision on where he will sign by the middle of this upcoming week.
“Odell Beckham planned to take all of his visits, then go home and speak with his family, and make a decision,” Rapoport reported on Sunday morning.
Rapoport also noted that the Dallas Cowboys remain the favorites to land OBJ based on what he’s been hearing and that many believe that Jerry Jones doesn’t want to let him out the door without a deal. Any pressure, however, won’t be enough to force Beckham to make a decision before he’s ready or make one he’s not willing to commit long-term to.
“It sounds like he wants to go home and really think about it. The middle of the week is the plan for making his decision.”
That long-term part is important.
While the knee-jerk belief all season has been that OBJ would play mercenary and sign with the best Super Bowl contender, it sounds like he is more interested in a multi-year commitment to one place.
That’s something Giants fans have been glued to, as Jordan Raanan noted after Beckham’s visit with the team that a return is something that appeals to him beyond just the rest of this season.
Two things I think on OBJ situation from talking to people and observing:
— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) December 3, 2022
1. Odell wants to be a Giant. The lure of coming to NY, making it a home for his family and winning in this city is enticing. There’s unfinished biz. It’s matter of if Giants want to pay him $$$ he wants.
The Buffalo Bills also remain an option for Beckham, especially with injuries starting to eat into the roster’s depth. Josh Allen’s offense has been mostly left unscathed — although even he has showed up on injury reports recently with a concerning elbow injury — and adding OBJ to the mix alongside Stefon Diggs and Gabriel Davis seems like a pretty clear championship-level advantage.