What now for Odell Beckham? The Browns will release him early next week, but he’ll be on a new team before the end of the week, and it might not be long before he re-emerges as a viable receiver.

Beckham dropped a few too many balls with the Browns, and he’s had problems staying healthy – he’s a sportscar-type guy who spends more time in the shop than most others. He also undermined his cause in Cleveland by blowing off the offseason workouts back in his first season, opting instead to simply work out on his own and show up at training camp.

But the bigger issue, I think, is that Baker Mayfield was just pretty lousy in terms of getting him the ball. Mayfield is a lesser, modest quarterback, and as demonstrated in the video that Odell Beckham Sr. shared on Twitter, there were way too many plays that were there that Mayfield simply missed.

Get Beckham in the right situation, and I think he’ll start making plays again. I would think when we’re showing up at drafts next summer, there’s a chance he’ll be one of the first 20 chosen at his position.

I turn my attention on Saturdays to dynasty leagues. In that kind of format (with teams holding the rights to players indefinitely) I would think Beckham makes sense about 40-45 receivers into a draft. In that style of league, his age works against him. Beckham is 29, so it would tough to select him before many of the rookie receivers who look like they’re going to be good. Kadarius Toney, Jaylen Waddle and Elijah Moore, for example, all look solid, and those guys are 6-8 years younger. They’ve got more ball left.

But let’s see what team is employing Beckham next week. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him as a notable pass catcher.

The following rankings assume PPR scoring, with players locked onto fantasy rosters indefinitely. Rookies tagged with black dots. With dynasty rankings, I rotate between the four notable positions each Saturday, with previous installments available by using the “past issues” navigation box on this page.

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DYNASTY LEAGUE RECEIVERS
RkTmPlayerAge
1.CIN• JaMarr Chase21
2.SEADK Metcalf 23
3.MINJustin Jefferson22
4.KCTyreek Hill27
5.DALCeeDee Lamb22
6.LARCooper Kupp28
7.GBDavante Adams28
8.CARDJ Moore24
9.BUFStefon Diggs27
10.TENA.J. Brown 24
11.INDMichael Pittman24
12.TBChris Godwin25
13.SFDeebo Samuel 25
14.WASTerry McLaurin 25
15.DALAmari Cooper27
16.TBMike Evans28
17.LACMike Williams27
18.ARIDeAndre Hopkins29
19.PITDiontae Johnson 25
20.LACKeenan Allen29
21.SEATyler Lockett29
22.BALMarquise Brown 24
23.CINTee Higgins22
24.PITChase Claypool23
25.DENJerry Jeudy22
26.PHI• DeVonta Smith22
27.LARRobert Woods29
28.HOUBrandin Cooks28
29.NYG• Kadarius Toney22
30.NYJCorey Davis26
31.ATLCalvin Ridley26
32.CHIDarnell Mooney24
33.MIA• Jaylen Waddle23
34.DENCourtland Sutton26
35.DALMichael Gallup25
36.ARI• Rondale Moore21
37.CINTyler Boyd26
38.MINAdam Thielen31
39.CLEJarvis Landry28
40.NYGSterling Shepard27
41.NYJ• Elijah Moore21
42.BUFGabriel Davis22
43.NEJakobi Meyers25
44.?Odell Beckham29
45.TBAntonio Brown33
46.JACLaviska Shenault23
47.NOMichael Thomas28
48.NYGKenny Golladay28
49.CAR• Terrace Marshall21
50.LVBryan Edwards22
51.ARIChristian Kirk24
52.PITJuJu Smith-Schuster24
53.CARRobby Anderson28
54.BUFCole Beasley32
55.CHIAllen Robinson28
56.LVHunter Renfrow 25
57.BAL• Rashod Bateman21
58.BUFEmmanuel Sanders34
59.LARVan Jefferson25
60.JACMarvin Jones31
61.TENJulio Jones32
62.MIADeVante Parker28
63.KCMecole Hardman 23
64.SFBrandon Aiyuk23
65.PHIJalen Reagor22
66.CLEDonovan Peoples-Jones22
67.GB• Amari Rodgers22
68.NOMarquez Callaway23
69.INDZach Pascal26
70.DENTim Patrick27
71.ARIA.J. Green33
72.WASCurtis Samuel25
73.LAC• Josh Palmer22
74.JACDJ Chark25
75.SEA• Dee Eskridge24
76.NODeonte Harris23
77.JACJamal Agnew26
78.GBAllen Lazard25
79.NOTreQuan Smith25
80.WAS• Dyami Brown22

—Ian Allan