the Rams have been doing their best to hide the money when it
comes to Odell Beckham jr. This one came out of the blue
yesterday as we wait for obj to pick his destination and he's
in a great position
to wait and find the right horse, the winning horse like
he did last year. He picked the Rams. Anyone who's going to
pick this time
on Twitter yesterday,
he pointed out that La knows where I wanted to be, but they
didn't offer me anything. So I don't know what people
Want me to do. I definitely know my worth and what they
offered wasn't reflective of that so it's tough to say I can
come back even though I thought I finally found a home now he
speaks in past tense. That's the key
past tense
and yeah it sure. Looks like he's closed the door Chris on
signing with the Rams that was what was significant to me.
I feel like he's moved on.
And the question is where's he going to go other
than Allah Allah?
Then the ramps. Yeah, that is the big question.
I mean, it really is. And, and, you know, obviously the offer
he got was, you know, less than thrilling for sure. And I know
Sean McVeigh made the comment, right? That, that wasn't there
last offer, but we're going to apply it, okay? Sorry.
I didn't, you know, me, I don't read all that stuff about that.
Yeah. Okay.
You're good at setting it up,
but, but I'm interested. I am interested and, and know, as
we've talked about here a little bit, and I'm one that.
Yeah, I like Odell Beckham jr.
I root for him. I do
that. I just would go man Odell from a guy that likes you don't
go back to LA. Anyways, it ain't going to turn out all
that good this year,
you're not going to be the savior of that team. There's
issues there and, and again, I think the point that, you know,
we made about Jimmy Garoppolo,
right? And this is same here.
You got to go to the place, that's best for you to set
yourself up for 2023. Not necessarily just the best place
for you right now at this moment, because you're
comfortable and all that. And I think that's where
La kind of fits the mold.
But I don't know if it's the best thing for him to,
you know, further his career and then get that new big
contract somewhere else and and signed something a little bit
long term, that's where, as a guy that likes him, I'd go,
don't go, l.a. there's other options,
Buffalo, Kansas City, Green Bay,
but specifically
buffalo in Kansas City Buffalo and Kansas City. Oh my gosh
with Odell Beckham jr. Watch out. Oh my gosh, that's what
I want to say. I mean, that's where I feel at least.
Yeah. I feel like in Kansas City this. A greater chance, he
gets lost in the shuffle and I'm not sure Kansas City wants
and because they're
shifting away from
Big personality, that expects the football. Yeah. Right.
Yeah. So I don't know that it works there. I think Green Bay
would make a ton of sense. Sure. I think he'd have
the most impact their post Davante Adams because he brings that
presence back Assuming he's 100%
And he can play like he was playing last year. Yeah. That's
what's what? And if you want to be the guy you step right in
there as the guy and you do get extra attention from defense is
I don't
But he really wants that. It works a lot better when there's
a Stefon Diggs and to Gabe Davis who are may be attracting
the attention anymore? Travis more fair. Yeah. Matchup. Yeah,
it's so so or Travis Kelce. Yeah. Exactly. And the city,
but with all those other guys in Kansas City I just
feel like it's going to be harder for him to make
a difference. But he could fill that me called Hardman,
exactly, that's Sky more, that, you know, the guy that takes
takes
down the what Tyreke would do a little right. Yeah, that's
where. I think there's some beauty there. You know, and you
know to, I think both of those places could handle, you know,
the his personality, as we know, the personality stuffs
been overblown
and then again there's we've yet the fun of him,
there's not a lot more in the doesn't love them. It's been
Baker, Mayfield and what Eli Manning in the mayor of family
at all. It's been three people. Everybody else loves what
Stephen Eli, Eli doesn't care? Yeah, I guess not. I,
you know, I had Tiki Barber there for crying out. Well, no,
I know I felt like when there was a little bit of a, you
know, Odell did that interview and said something, About
when you say I don't want to be in New York anymore, right?
Piss a lot of people off their that's right. Oh, right. But
here's the other thing to Mike,
you know, one, where's the
what I'm interested in and what I've kind of heard from some
teams, right? Who are dabbling on, on the Odell thing, I don't
think they're expecting him to be able to play to like
December,
right? So there's another aspect of this it sounds like
you know what his Camp is. Telling teams is,
you know, I'm probably gonna be able to apply the last three,
four games of the year and then jump into the playoffs. So you
got to figure that out to it just as far as what's the right
price for that. Is this just a one-year
help us out thing? Is there something in the future here?
And I also know receivers,
right? And I know receivers and guys, like Odell Beckham jr.
Where he's got to be looking at it, no matter what and going,
like, I don't care that I tore, my ACL
twice. I deserve some of these guys I've never even heard of.
They're making 15 million a year. He's probably like, what?
Well,
I want that kind of money. I'm you've heard of me and when
I am healthy I'm clearly better than some of these guys. So
there are some interesting aspects of this whole signing
him and and everything that goes along with it to that.
I find very intriguing
and there is a timing aspect as well.
Yeah. When do you add him to your roster if he's not ready
to play and earlier this week Jason light, the GM of
the Buccaneers said that they're playing the long game with
Julio Jones from now
they didn't sign him with that in mind.
But they're at the point where they're being very careful with
him. So he's ready to go in December and January, and that
mindset applies to obj the team that really sees what they can
get out of him. Down the stretch. At some point,
is going to pull the trigger
on, putting an offer on the table that he'll take
and carrying him on the roster. Even if he's not ready to play,
right? We mentioned Sean McVeigh earlier, here's what he
said yesterday, after being informed of Odell's position
that the team had low-balled him to the point where he was
Was using past tense about his relationship with the Rams.
Hello bodell. We have constant dialogue. I think he also knows
that certainly, I don't think that's the last one that would
come from us. I'm not familiar exactly what it is.
He knows how we feel about him.
We got a little bit of time, but
love Odell, nothing but good things coming from me.
Well look at some point you gotta quit playing the we're
just negotiating game and get the deal done. Put your best
offer on the table, right?
We're negotiating fine. Sometimes you negotiate your
way right out of a relationship. Yeah that's right
by holding back, right? Whatever it is. Just put your
number on the table.
We'll figure it out. It's a yes or no.
And this gamesmanship can destroy a relationship and again,
look on Twitter, it's not
always the most Most pristine and clear message, that people
are sending. I can relate to that, as well as anyone with
some of the tweets we put out there,
but past tense, multiple occasions,
that suggests to me that, oh, no Beckham jr. Has made up his
mind and if you are low-balling this guy, there's a chance you
alienate. I mean, he's going to decide, I'm going to look
elsewhere or he's going to decide. You know what,
your team is not very good this year. Shawn
good luck right on your future endeavors.
I'm not going to make the same bet on the Rams that I made
last November.
I mean that's what I would tell him I just you know again,
I don't see it. I don't, you know me. I've been, I've been trying
to say this. I think it's the playoffs. It's like it's a 9
and 8 there the six or seven seed. It's that's the way it
looks to me as of right now
and I might be being kind there.
I mean, again, Matthew Stafford getting killed on
a play-by-play basis right now. Killed there, another team like
we just talked about like, Washington a little bit. They
can't run the ball and they can't pass to protect and then,
you know, so that's where I don't know if that gets fixed
and I don't know. That necessarily bodes. Well even if
you are Odell Beckham jr. Get there you're going to be open
but Matthew Stafford is going to be on the ground already.
So
and and to your point with the offer thing too, you know?
Yeah. The past tense certainly jumps out when you read that
I think it's. He's telling you what? That offer.
Yeah that was you know they used to be my friends until
they find an offer that we can talk about the future with. But
for now yeah he's going to protect his interest and you
know he's getting to the point of his career where hey it's
it's starting Downward slope here. He's got to do what's
best for him and even though he loves McVeigh and sounds like
he loves everything about Allah,
I don't know if it necessarily is the best thing for him
for the future of his career. And that's where,
you know, I just
I go back to Buffalo and and Kansas City just because I go
those two quarterbacks, in my opinion or on another level
from the rest of the NFL, they're clearly the two best
quarterbacks in football. I don't even
I think there's a gap between everybody else in those two.
And and then you know that you're going to be in the hunt
and you know that it ain't going to be like Green Bay and
we're going to run the ball and throw it 3-yard. Pass and
run the ball and throw it through your past you know Josh
Allen and Mahomes are going to look to like have games where
they're hey Odell had 74 180 today and that did
that's got to be exciting for a quarter or a wide receiver as
well.
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