As Odell Beckham, Jr. searches for his next home, multiple NFL teams are actively courting the free-agent wide receiver. In fact, the 30-year-old Beckham reportedly has an offer on the table from an AFC team not named the New York Jets, reports ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter.
While he currently mulls an offer from the Baltimore Ravens, Beckham is waiting to see what happens with Aaron Rodgers. The Green Bay Packers star quarterback had already made it known that he intends to play for the Jets, the only holdup now is that his current team hasn’t heard an offer they like just yet.
“Who would’ve thought that Aaron Rodgers might be the single factor holding up Odell’s signing in the end?” Schefter said during an appearance on ESPN’s NFL Live on Monday afternoon via SNY. “But I think everybody — including Odell Beckham Jr. — is waiting to see if and when the Jets get a deal done with Aaron Rodgers, at which point Odell Beckham Jr. would have some interest in uniting forces with Aaron Rodgers and, obviously, the interest would be mutual with Rodgers having mentioned Beckham’s name to the Jets front office during their visit. So I think these two sides are waiting to see what happens.
“In the interim, the Baltimore Ravens have met with Odell Beckham Jr. They’ve presented him with their own offer. We’ll see which Odell finds more interesting. But it certainly sounds like it’s Jets, it’s the Ravens, maybe the Rams still have an interest – but those at this point in time, would be the obvious landing spots for Odell Beckham Jr. in what has been one of the longest free agent recruitments that we’ve ever seen.”
There isn’t an exact timetable for the potential Rodgers trade to take place, meaning there’s a chance that Beckham could continue to wait this out. Though, if this somehow continues to play out until after the draft, Beckham may have to make the best decision for his future, whether that’s with a Rodgers-less Jets team or with Baltimore or even Los Angeles.
