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Odell Beckham

Receiver looking to resurrect career with new team

So Odell Beckham will choose his new team soon; apparently he's narrowed it down to Kansas City, Green Bay and New Orleans. The question is whether or not he's actually a difference-making receiver anymore, or if his years of injuries have sapped his explosiveness.

Certainly, Beckham was in a bad situation in Cleveland, in an offense that didn't care much about throwing the ball in general or to wide receivers specifically. Maybe working with Mahomes or Rodgers or whatever the Saints slop out onto the field at quarterback the rest of the way will provide an uptick in his numbers. Whatever the case, he was pretty forgettable since the start of last season in Cleveland.

Beckham has started 13 games over the past two years. In that time, he's averaged just 42 receiving yards. Among all wide receivers to start at least 13 games over that time frame, that's one of the dozen worst figures in the league. Down there with another veteran wideout we've been trashing the last couple of years, A.J. Green, and a couple of Green Bay and Kansas City wideouts, coincidentally. (Data from pro-football-reference.com used in this table.)

WRS RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME, 2020-2021 (13+ STARTS)
PlayerStRecYdsTDY/G
Davante Adams2217321602198.2
Stefon Diggs2317521231188.5
Tyreek Hill2415520482185.3
Deebo Samuel13821273584.9
Justin Jefferson2213420321184.7
Cooper Kupp2116619931383.0
Calvin Ridley2012116551182.8
DeAndre Hopkins2415018931378.9
D.K. Metcalf2412218831878.5
D.J. Moore231191870777.9
Chris Godwin2011515001175.0
Brandin Cooks241381791874.6
A.J. Brown2011016261473.9
Julio Jones15721107373.8
Terry McLaurin231301691873.5
Keenan Allen2115715921072.4
Will Fuller1157905869.6
Amari Cooper2313216461068.6
Tyler Lockett2414116331368.0
Corey Davis18891333966.7
Diontae Johnson1913314531066.0
Courtland Sutton1044654265.4
CeeDee Lamb221151567965.3
Mike Evans2410915502164.6
Allen Robinson251321589763.6
Cole Beasley151331413561.4
Adam Thielen2311914022161.0
Marquise Brown2210414511460.5
Robert Woods2513514921059.7
DeVante Parker16881120558.9
Kenny Golladay1139648258.9
Tee Higgins211021339858.2
Mike Williams188513311157.9
Sterling Shepard1798980457.6
Marvin Jones2311213771257.4
Chase Claypool129113061056.8
Emmanuel Sanders12891204954.7
Jerry Jeudy15681036354.5
Michael Pittman Jr.17901161652.8
Tim Patrick248512511052.1
Tyler Boyd141171250652.1
Robby Anderson251141302552.1
Michael Gallup1563879551.7
Jarvis Landry19911033351.7
Christian Kirk168811661050.7
DJ Chark1660860750.6
Jakobi Meyers171051163050.6
T.Y. Hilton1762858550.5
Nelson Agholor217012311049.2
Brandon Aiyuk1879978748.9
Sammy Watkins1455713247.5
Henry Ruggs III1950921446.1
JuJu Smith-Schuster19112960945.7
Russell Gage1088945545.0
Darnell Mooney17971081643.2
Laviska Shenault Jr.1790943542.9
Darius Slayton1762941442.8
Odell Beckham Jr.1340551342.4
Breshad Perriman1230505342.1
A.J. Green2076979540.8
Marquez Valdes-Scantling1541785739.3
Zach Pascal2374948837.9
Mecole Hardman1579932537.3
Allen Lazard1649655636.4
Josh Reynolds1362708233.7
Larry Fitzgerald1354409131.5
Jalen Reagor1952555327.8
Damiere Byrd1551633125.3
Demarcus Robinson1658619524.8

Apparently the Packers are offering Beckham the veteran's minimum, so he won't be signing there. Kansas City would make some sense, so they could finally get Mecole Hardman off the field. In New Orleans, you have to think Beckham would run into the same kind of issues he had in Cleveland, with a quarterback that struggles to get him the ball.

Regardless, I think it's debatable whether he'll be a big factor wherever he signs. Even if it's Kansas City, where he might chafe playing third fiddle to Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce.

--Andy Richardson

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