Before signing with Baltimore, one insider shared where the Rams stood financially in trying to get Odell Beckham.
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Odell Beckham practices his routes before Super Bowl 56 on February 13, 2022 in Inglewood.
The NFL world now knows who’s giving Odell Beckham a chance to return to the field. The former Los Angeles Rams wide receiver, who tore his ACL during his pursuit of his first Super Bowl ring on February 13, 2022, announced on social media on Easter Sunday, April 9, that he was joining the Baltimore Ravens.
And the deal OBJ is getting in his return to the league? A one-year deal that can pay him up to $18 million according to the NFL Network insider trio of Ian Rapoport, Mike Garafolo and Tom Pelissero.
Sources: The #Ravens are giving WR Odell Beckham Jr. a 1-year deal worth up to $18M, per me, @MikeGarafolo and @TomPelissero. A weapon for Baltimore’s QB. pic.twitter.com/q9F8wBT19A
Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 9, 2023
However, before OBJ ended his lengthy free agency process on the April holiday, one insider revealed the Rams’ true ceiling in trying to get back OBJ. The highest they had available according to Mike Jones of The Athletic on April 4? They only had roughly $13 million in salary cap space to work with in trying to pursue a potential reconnection with the Super Bowl 56 winner.
“Familiarity helps here. Beckham found redemption in Los Angeles after he and the [Cleveland] Browns soured on each other in 2021 and agreed to part ways midseason.
