OBJ Bills Signing 'Makes Sense' with Cowboys Trade for Brandin Cooks?

The Bills have "checked in" on OBJ. What is the price that would "make sense" for Buffalo to sign the controversial star receiver?

The Dallas Cowboys made their move.

Is it now the Buffalo Bills' turn?

We know that the Bills have expressed interest in free agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and that according to Jordan Schultz of The Score, the Bills have "checked in" on OBJ ... while at the same time feeling the price would have to "make sense" for Buffalo to sign the controversial star receiver.

We also know, via OBJ himself, that some NFL team(s?) think he's only worth $4 million APY ... which is certainly a price that would "make sense'' to bidders like the Bills, Giants, Chiefs and Ravens.

But what about the Cowboys, so open and vocal - via owner Jerry Jones - in their OBJ desires?

Dallas just made a "steal'' of a trade to get Brandin Cooks from the Texans. And while that doesn't necessarily eliminate the Cowboys from continuing their pursuit of the (apparently) rehabbed OBJ - hey, at $4 million maybe Dallas should add him along with Cooks! - it might clear the field a bit for Buffalo to make its push.

Bills pass-rusher Von Miller has been open publicly about his desire to recruit OBJ to town. And in December, before passing on Beckham in part because his knee wasn't yet quite right, the Bills brought him to town for a visit that included a dinner at Bills quarterback Josh Allen's house.

And most recently, the Bills were among the dozen teams to travel to Arizona to watch an OBJ workout that apparently went well.

It does not seem bidders are kicking down the Beckham door in a rush to offer him the world. ... Which would seem to increase Buffalo's chances here, as what the Bills can offer is a shot at another Super Bowl.

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Mike Fisher - as a newspaper beat writer and columnist and on radio and TV, where he is an Emmy winner - has covered the NFL since 1983. He is the author of two best-selling books on the NFL.