Odell Beckham Jr. made the most of his time with the Los Angeles Rams. He re-established himself as a productive wide receiver on one of the NFL's best offenses and won his first Super Bowl ring.
Now, though, Beckham is a free agent. His offseason will consist of rehabbing and spending time with his newborn child. The market for his services is tough to speculate. The NFL doesn't have a very strong class of free-agent wide receivers but Beckham still faces an uphill battle.
On one hand, Beckham is a 30-year-old with an injury history that just got surgery on a torn ACL this month. He may not be a player that teams want to sign, let alone commit a lot of money or years to. But on the other hand, he might be a very solid option that should return in time to help in the playoffs. Adding a reliable wideout when the games heat up is never a bad thing for an NFL offense.
The best spots for Beckham are the ones that will allow him to play as the second or third wide receiver and compete for a championship.
Odell Beckham Jr. Free Agency Landing Spots
The Bills' group of wide receivers around Josh Allen is pretty strong. Stefon Diggs is a star, Dawson Knox is emerging as a red-zone target and Cole Beasley and Emmanuel Sanders are solid secondary wide receiver options. Sanders, though, is a free agent. Replacing him with Beckham would be a very good move.
The Bills have other issues to fix on offense — namely, their entire run game — but there's no reason for them not to consider adding Beckham, who should allow Allen and company to compete for a championship once he returns. Buffalo needs all the talent it can get to stake a claim as the most feared team in the AFC, if not the NFL.
The Ravens have failed to put a solid receiving core around Lamar Jackson. Tight end Mark Andrews is very good but the remaining options lack consistency. Beckham can infuse some reliability into their offense and allow Jackson to bounce back from a rough season.
Beckham and Jackson could be a very strong tandem in the passing game. With Marquise Brown as the home-run option, Beckham can be a target for more shallow routes and garner defensive attention while Jackson works his magic in the open field. Although he would only be able to help later in the season, the Ravens could really use him as they look to get back to being one of the NFL's best offensive units.
Baltimore's urgency to get Jackson a dependable wide receiver is severe due to the quarterback's lingering free agency. The front office is more likely to target someone they don't have to wait for, especially with Sammy Watkins hitting free agency. Beckham's intriguing fit is still good enough for the Ravens to look his way.
1. Los Angeles Rams
There's no place like (a new) home. Staying with the Rams, where he was very productive, is the most sensible option. Few NFL teams have talent like the Rams, ensuring that Beckham can keep competing.
Los Angeles will have a lot of work to do to keep the band together. Aaron Donald is still on the edge of retiring and Von Miller is a free agent who should be pursued heavily. Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford will still be there, though, and Robert Woods should return from his own ACL tear before he does, which will allow him to ease into the game again.
Beckham shined in Los Angeles. He should be able to do so again once he gets back. Enjoying his rehab in LA before getting the chance to run it back is the best course of action for him.
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