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Odell Beckham Jr. shares excitement over playing with Tua Tagovailoa

Tua Tagovailoa’s newest high-profile wide receiver on the Miami Dolphins, Odell Beckham Jr., talks about his excitement for the 2024 season.

Veteran NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. recently signed with the Miami Dolphins, joining a star-studded wide receiver room that also includes Tyreek Hill and former Alabama Crimson Tide wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

Who will be throwing the ball to this impressive offensive unit? That would be 2023 passing-yards leader and Pro Bowl quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who also played college ball in Tuscaloosa for the Crimson Tide.

Tagovailoa, the fifth-overall selection in the 2020 NFL draft, has been the subject of much criticism from fans and media members throughout his young career. Debates get rather contentious regarding his arm strength, availability due to health concerns and his decision-making. Despite this, many fans argue the contrary and the Miami front office remains unmoved in their belief that he is the long-term answer at the quarterback position.

He has thrived with Hill and Waddle at wide receiver, two shifty and dangerously fast pass-catchers. However, Miami has lacked a receiver who has a physical presence and can come down with contested catches, especially near the end zone. That’s where Beckham comes into play.

The 31-year-old, 10-year veteran recently signed with the Dolphins and expressed his excitement to be with the franchise. On a recent podcast appearance on “Drive Time with Travis Wingfield,” Beckham talked about Tagovailoa.

Though the two have yet to play together, he shared nothing but high praise for the young quarterback.

“(Coach Mike McDaniel) was telling me all about Tua, because, you know, seeing the numbers, you don’t really get to watch the film and see what they are doing,” said Beckham. “When you’re in the season, you’re watching the other team’s defense. There’s not much time for you to tap in. We sat up there and watched film for an hour and a half, and we were just talking about the plays in my career and how you catch and run away, all the plays with Waddle and Tyreek, and it’s a lot of everything that’s on timing. Real football details stuff that happens. Catching the ball, catching it out on the break, that’s when you have the most separation. They were just telling me how accurate he is, how good of a ball he throws, all of those things. So, I’m super excited about it. I met him today. Great person. Seems like his energy is just infectious. We’re supposed to catch a round of golf or get something to eat. I’m just excited about the opportunity to get to know him and be a part of his journey.”

It seems like Tagovailoa was a big selling point on getting Beckham to sign with the team.

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Aaron Rodgers wants Odell Beckham Jr. to join him with New York Jets

If (or when) Aaron Rodgers is traded from the Packers to the Jets, he’d like Odell Beckham Jr. to join him, per Dianni Russini.

Aaron Rodgers is still a member of the Green Bay Packers, but he has a wish list of players he wants (or hopes) to eventually join him if (or when) he is traded to the New York Jets.

According to Dianna Russini of ESPN, the list includes Packers receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb and tight end Marcedes Lewis, but also one surprise name: Odell Beckham Jr.

Interest between the Jets and Lazard, Cobb and Lewis has already been reported on Tuesday. All three are unrestricted free agents who played the last several years with Rodgers in Green Bay.

Could Beckham Jr. also join the future Hall of Famer in New York?

There’s certainly a mutual admiration between the quarterback and receiver. Back in 2022, when Beckham Jr. was still recovering from ACL surgery, Rodgers said he loved OBJ as a player in response to a question about the Packers potentially signing him in-season.

The Packers didn’t get him. In fact, no team did. Beckham Jr. sat out the entire 2022 season after suffering his knee injury during the Rams’ Super Bowl win in February and remains unsigned. He did work out for teams last week, and the Jets were in attendance.

If healthy, OBJ could provide the Jets (and Rodgers?) with another quality pass-catcher as New York attempts to load up for a run in the AFC. Then again, adding the three receivers on Rodgers’ wishlist to a group that already has Garrett Wilson, Corey Davis and Elijah Moore is an interesting hurdle to consider.

Do the Jets need to cross off every name on the wish list to get Rodgers, or does Rodgers know he’s headed to New York and just wants to push his new team to add players he wants? As Rodgers said recently: stay tuned.

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Packers among big group of teams interested in WR Odell Beckham Jr.

The Packers are a team expected to have interest in OBJ, who is nearing full health. Could Beckham Jr. be Green Bay’s big acquisition at WR?

Free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is expected to be “at full health and signed” by early December, according to Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, and the Green Bay Packers are expected to be one of the teams in the mix to sign him.

Joining the Packers are Buffalo Bills, New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Chiefs and even Mike McCarthy and the Dallas Cowboys.

The Packers struck out at the trade deadline and could use the help in the passing game, even if convincing Beckham Jr. to come to Green Bay and help a late-season playoff push might be a hard sell for a player with so many true contenders in the mix.

However, if the Packers start playing better and get back in position for the postseason, adding Beckham Jr. could be the perfect “hired gun” for a team that needs an explosive weapon at receiver.

Beckham Jr. tore his ACL during the Rams’ Super Bowl win in February. He caught 44 passes for 537 yards and five scores over 14 games with two teams (Browns, Rams) last season.

Over four games in the playoffs with Los Angeles, Beckham Jr. proved he’s still a difference-maker by catching 21 passes for 288 yards and a pair of touchdowns while catching over 80 percent of his targets and averaging 11.1 yards per target.

Rapoport and Garafolo report that Beckham Jr. wants a “multi-year deal” and a place to finish his career, which might also complicate the task for the Packers. Aaron Rodgers has an uncertain future in football past the 2022 season and it’s unclear if the Packers would be willing to pay a premium price on a deal past this season.

General manager Brian Gutekunst made a run at signing Beckham Jr. last year after his release from the Browns, but he picked the Rams over a chance to play with Rodgers and Davante Adams in Green Bay. Los Angeles offered more money within the structure of the eventual deal.

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Saquon Barkley made a call to Odell Beckham Jr. immediately after Giants loss to Cowboys

Giants fans were already calling for the return of the enigmatic wide receiver and running back Saquon Barkley seems to agree.

The New York Giants would love nothing more than to put their Week 3 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the rearview mirror, the problem is there will be some lingering effects that go beyond the normal sting of losing to their division rivals. Veteran wide receiver Sterling Shepard will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his ACL in the final minutes of Monday nightā€™s game. Itā€™s a crushing blow for the team, which already had numerous question marks at the position ā€” from a disgruntled Kenny Golladay to a banged up Kadarius Toney ā€” and they need answers quick.

If only there were a free agent out there who was, say, rehabbing an injury, and soon needs to decide where he wants to play. Bonus points if heā€™s familiar with the Giants organization and some of their current players. Oh, waitā€¦ that sounds a lot like Odell Beckham Jr.!

Giants fans were already calling for the return of the enigmatic wide receiver and running back Saquon Barkley seems to agree.Ā  In a conversation with Tony Anderson on Sports Seriously, Barkley was asked which former teammate heā€™d love to play with again and responded quickly saying, ā€œI think the obvious would be Odell Beckham.ā€Ā 

Oddly enough, Beckham was one of the first people Barkley called following the loss to the Cowboys.

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ā€œI actually just got off the phone with him last night, talking about [Shepard]. Odell, heā€™s a different cat ā€” special, special player,ā€ Barkley said. ā€œI know that heā€™s doing everything he can in his rehab to come back even better, and you never know, maybe one day weā€™ll be back on the same team.ā€

If that kind of endorsement to bring the once-loved Giant back to Metlife Stadium isnā€™t enough, we donā€™t know what is.Ā 

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Fantasy football injury outlook: Odell Beckham Jr.

The timing of OBJ’s injury certainly doesn’t help his cause.

In the early portion of his career, Odell Beckham Jr. was rewriting the history books with the New York Giants. Four years and three teams later, Beckham is at a career crossroads and currently powerless to do anything about it.

Beckham remains an unsigned free agent and likely will be for some time after tearing his left ACL twice in two years. What makes Beckhamā€™s current status different than most players coming back from injury is the timing of when it happened and his contract situation.

When Beckham tore his ACL in late October 2020, it took him 11 months to return. He didnā€™t make it back on the field until late September 2021. He missed training camp, preseason, and the first two regular season games, which wasnā€™t unusual. The timetable for coming back from a torn ACL is historically nine to 12 months, depending on the severity. The earlier in a season an injury occurs, the better the chance to be ready for the start of the following year.

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That is what makes the Beckham’s second ACL tear so daunting. It didnā€™t happen in October or November. It happened Feb. 13, 2022, in Super Bowl LVI. Beckham has recently claimed he played the second half of the 2021 season with the torn ACL, but it wasnā€™t diagnosed until it tore for good on the biggest stage of them all.

There are two components to Beckhamā€™s recovery that are problematic: The first is the ability of his knee to recover from a second tear in less than 17 months. Thatā€™s a lot to ask of a young player, much less a player who turns 30 in November. The healing process slows with time, and there canā€™t be any setbacks to his progress in rehabilitating the injury, because heā€™s already likely looking at midseason at a minimum before a potential return.

Second, and perhaps worse, is that Beckham is a free agent. Effectively run out of town in both New York and Cleveland, the Los Angeles Rams signed Beckham for the remainder of 2021 as a mercenary for hire. He isnā€™t rehabbing at a team facility with its in-house medical personnel. Heā€™s on his own, which creates its own set of issues in trying to get a new contract, but OBJ at least knows what it takes to rehab this specific injury.

Any team willing to pay Beckham before the start of the season will be making an investment on a player who will miss the first half at a minimum. Given how tight salary cap dollars are, especially for established teams with highly paid quarterbacks, there wonā€™t be a robust market to sign Beckham among legitimate contenders unless heā€™s willing to sign another team-friendly deal like he did with the Rams last year.

Fantasy football outlook

If Beckham wants to have a career that lasts another four or five years, the best advice he can be given is to spend 2022 rehabbing and sign a deal with a team for 2023 when heā€™s fully healthy. Any team that signs him during this season will be doing so simply to have a part-time guy ā€“ and will likely pay accordingly. His best landing spot at this point is to re-sign with the Rams and not rush back. Donā€™t be shocked if you donā€™t see OBJ at all this season.

Should he ink with a team prior to the heart of fantasy football draft season, Beckham can be left to the wire in all but the deepest of leagues or those with multiple IR spots. He very well may flash a time or two in 2022, if given the opportunity, it will require a roster spot being absorbed for most of the fantasy campaign. That’s too much risk and not enough return on a draft-day investment.

How to watch the Super Bowl, Bengals vs. Rams live stream, TV channel, time, Super Bowl 56

The Cincinnati Bengals will face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56 on Sunday night from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

The Cincinnati Bengals will face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56 on Sunday night from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

The Bengals will be looking for their first Super Bowl in franchise history when they take the field on Sunday. After knocking off the Chiefs, Joe Burrow and company will be looking to take down the Rams on their home field. Meanwhile, the Rams should have a little bit of an advantage while playing at home and will be looking for their first Super Bowl as the Los Angeles Rams. Matthew Stafford, OBJ, Aaron Donald, and Jalen Ramsey will aim for another win and their first Lombardi trophy.

Make sure you tune in to tonight’s game, here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action live.

Super Bowl LVI

Los Angeles Rams vs. Cincinnati Bengals

  • When: Sunday, February 13
  • Time: 6:30Ā p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NBC
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A look at the parallel between Odell Beckham Jr. touchdown celebrations and the Rams season

Ain’t no fun when the rabbit got the gun. It’s a saying that the Los Angeles Rams couldn’t relate to as they cruised to seven wins through the first eight weeks of the season. That’s when things became a little confusing about who the rabbit was. O …

Ainā€™t no fun when the rabbit got the gun.Ā 

It’s a saying that the Los Angeles Rams couldn’t relate to as they cruised to seven wins through the first eight weeks of the season. That’s when things became a little confusing about who the rabbit was. Over the course of a month the Rams went from NFC power and Super Bowl contender to ā€œwhat the hell is happening here?ā€

By last Monday night’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, it was no doubt the Rams were the rabbit in this scenario.Ā 

So when Odell Beckham Jr. celebrated his touchdown that night with a clever mock of the Detroit urban survival training guy, it may have represented more than just a running internet joke.

The Rams got the gun now.Ā 

If that was indeed the messageā€”punctuated by a 30-23 win for the Ramsā€”there was no better team to make it against than the Cardinals, who were alone at the top of the NFC West entering Week 14 and gave the Rams a nice beating in Week 4.

With Beckham in tow, the Rams appear back on track and are just half a game behind the Cardinals entering Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Seahawks. Los Angeles has +162 odds to win the division on Tipico Sportsbook, second to the Cardinals at -190. But since Beckham started receiving significant playing time, the Rams are 2-1 and back to averaging over 30 points per contest after combining for just 26 in their previous two losses.

Beckham celebrated a touchdown in the previous weekā€™s 37-7 blowout of the Jaguars by imitating a Call of Duty self-revive. While the video game portrayal may have symbolized exactly what was happeningā€”a revival of a career that appeared on the decline in Clevelandā€”Beckham’s addition to the Rams has also meant a revival of their offense.

Coincidence?

ā€œSometimes you get down in life and itā€™s always good to have a self-revive,ā€ Beckham said of the celebration. ā€œI had to go ahead and use the self-revive, get back up, you know? Just having fun.ā€

The Rams signed Beckham during their winless November, after their first defeat in a three-game losing streak; a 28-16 loss to a Tennessee Titans team without its best player. Beckham had been waived by the Browns after his dad pinned the struggles of a third straight underwhelming season on quarterback Baker Mayfield. Others questioned whether Beckham still had the big-play ability that made him a star with the New York Giants. No one was quite sure what to expect when he joined a once promising Rams offense led by Matthew Stafford.Ā 

Having played just 15 snaps in that weekā€™s loss to the 49ers in which the Rams scored just 10 points, it wasnā€™t until after their bye week when they played the Green Bay Packers that the true potential of an offense with Beckham was realized. Stafford threw for over 300 yards with three touchdowns, LA scored 28 points and Beckham tied for a team-high 10 targets, turning five receptions into 81 yards and his first touchdown of the season.

Since that loss, the Rams have won two straight and Beckham has contributed in a big way. Heā€™s complimented fellow wide receiver Cooper Kupp quite well and has a touchdown in three straight games, his first such streak since 2015. Intentional or not, how heā€™s celebrated those touchdowns reflect how the Ramsā€™ season is going.

That the celebrations are premeditated might be the best part of all this for the Rams, because it means heā€™s anticipating big games. Thatā€™s something he said he did often with the Giants, when he was last at the top of his game, when he scored 44 touchdowns in 59 outings.

ā€œItā€™s something I used to do a lot when I was in New York. I remember I would go home and be like, ā€˜Man, Iā€™m scoring three touchdowns. What should I do on the first, second and third one?ā€™ā€ Beckham said. ā€œI feel like by having that, it allows you to be in your gameplan more and to know like, ā€˜OK, this is the play that Iā€™m going to score on, this is exactly how itā€™s going to happen.ā€™ You visualize it happening before it happens and not all the time but usually good things work from that.ā€

The Rams have +500 odds to win the NFC, third-shortest behind the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Watch: Browns OBJ shows off one hand catch in pregame

All we can say is “Wow” at another great one-handed catch from OBJ:

As the Cleveland Browns were getting set to face off with the Atlanta Falcons for their final preseason game, the biggest goal is health. With two weeks prior to the start of the regular season against the Kansas City Chiefs, a few of the Browns starters will be on the field.

Kevin Stefanski announced that Baker Mayfield will start the game which means the team’s offensive line could also see time protecting their franchise quarterback. The Cleveland defense has a lot of new pieces with a few likely to see their first snaps Sunday night as well.

As the game was getting ready to start, it was believed that Odell Beckham Jr. would not make his return to the field against the Falcons. Instead, Browns fans are left with this great one-handed catch highlight from pregame warmups:

 

It is too bad that there isn’t a sports science type breakdown of this. The pass is coming down while Beckham is running in the same direction and he is still able to snag it with one hand. From a physics perspective, this seems even more difficult than the famous one-handed catch from his New York Giants days.

Watch: Former LSU star surprises kids at football camp in Medford

Youth athletes received quite the surprise this week when former LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made an appearance.

Youth football athletes received quite the surprise this week when former LSU star wide receiver [autotag]Odell Beckham Jr.[/autotag] made an appearance at the end of a football clinic at Kids Unlimited in Medford, OR.

Beckham’s appearance was in part of a partnership with Kids Unlimited and Royal Coffee Roasting. The [autotag]Cleveland Browns[/autotag] wide receiver and two-time NFL All-Pro spoke with campers, posed for pictures with dozens of kids, and signed several autographs.

Watch clips of the appearance below:

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Beckham Jr. also surprised kids and staff members at Kids Unlimited Academy, as well as the South Medford High School girls basketball team and also participants at a South Medford football camp being held on-site.

Beckham is clearly a leader on and off the football field, and this upcoming season is a big season for him and the Browns organization.

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Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals live stream, how to watch, NFL football predictions, odds, tv channel, start time

The Cleveland Browns meet the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 7 in an AFC North matchup on Sunday afternoon from Paul Brown Stadium, stream it.

The Cleveland Browns meet the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 7 in an AFC North matchup on Sunday afternoon from Paul Brown Stadium.

This will be the second meeting of the season for these two teams, the Browns won the first matchup at home 35-30 and are sitting at 4-2 on the season. Meanwhile, the Bengals have struggled this season, coming off a tough loss to the Colts last week and currently sitting at 1-4-1 on the season.

Can Joe Burrow and the Bengals give Baker and OBJ trouble again?Ā  Tune in and find out, here is everything you need to know to stream the action!

Cleveland Browns vs. Cincinnati Bengals

  • When: Sunday, October 25
  • Time: 1:00Ā p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: CBS
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Prediction:Ā The Browns will come into this game and make a statement, they deserve to be 4-2 and they’ll show the Bengals why.Ā  Expect Baker Mayfield and Odell Beckham to have big games as they take it to the Bengals.

Bet: Cleveland Browns -3.5

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