Odell Beckham Jr. Changes Contract Wish; Bills Buyers at $15 Million?
Odell Beckham Jr. insists he never asked for $20 million APY in a new contract.
Now comes word that OBJ’s price - whether it's dropping or has remained the same - is currently $15 million.
But one thing has changed for certain. While once upon a time, Beckham openly stated that he wanted to sign in a place he could call his long-term "home'' - meaning he wanted a long-term deal, this time around ...
He reportedly wants his $15 mil under the terms of a one-year deal.
Should the Bills' interest be rekindled here?
One can see the logic and how it unfolds ... as Beckham's initial desire to be paid (almost certainly) like the top-notch receiver he was back in 2019 (the last time he can make that claim) is forced to fade ...
So now it's a "one-year'' ask - and maybe in his mind, a "prove-it'' deal as he is coming off his long rehab from knee surgery that allows him to reestablish himself as a superstar while playing with Bills QB Josh Allen.
The new problem with the new idea: "Prove-it'' deals are conventionally "vet's minimum'' contracts. That is, around $1 million.
Not $15 million.
We've long stated, in OBJ's now-dead connection with the Dallas Cowboys, that the "right number'' might be $13 million APY, mirroring Michael Gallup's contract at The Star. We also believe that the Baltimore Ravens have talked contract with him, and he is so far not insulted by it, whatever it is.
If OBJ wants to truly relaunch himself? He might have to forego the idea of $15 million and he might have to embrace the idea of joining a team with a QB who can make it happen.
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