Dolphins Want Beckham, But Price Has to be RIght

The Miami Dolphins made a contract offer to veteran wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. after he made a free agent visit

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The Miami Dolphins remain very much interested in adding Odell Beckham Jr. to their explosive offense, but they're not going to do it unless the price is right.

That's the takeaway based on head coach Mike McDaniel's comments at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando on Monday morning, per Dolphins beat writers on hand. McDaniel confirmed the Dolphins did make a contract offer to the veteran wide receiver after his free agent visit to the Baptist Health Training Complex last week.

The possibility of Beckham ultimately joining the Dolphins certainly remains open, but as McDaniel said, per Daniel Oyefusi of The Miami Herald, "Business takes time."

WHAT PRICE IS RIGHT FOR BECKHAM?

There are a lot of reasons Beckham would want to play in Miami, as we indicated in a story last week, but money almost always will be an important factor that might overtake everything else.

The Dolphins do have some cap flexibility after restructuring the contracts of several veterans over the past couple of weeks, but they also want to be reasonable about what they're willing to give Beckham.

In his first and only season with the Baltimore Ravens, Beckham earned $15 million last season and he was released before a $50 million guaranteed salary for 2025 kicked in after void years were added to his 2023 contract (yes, it's complicated).

Along with the Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs have been mentioned as a possible destination for the former New York Giants first-round pick whose close friend and former LSU teammate was former Dolphins Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry.

Because he officially was released, Beckham does not qualify as a compensatory free agent, so the Dolphins would not be sacrificing their potential third-round comp picks for the losses of Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt if they were to sign him.

Whether that happens remains to be seen.

There's clearly mutual interest in making it happen, but the question is whether the two sides will find a price tag that works for both.