Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has flirted with the idea of free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. joining his team.
During the final weeks of the 2022 NFL season, the Cowboys courted Beckham and he eventually visited the team. Beckham ultimately did not sign with Dallas or any other team last season.
The three-time Pro Bowler continues to recover from an ACL injury sustained during the 2022 Super Bowl.
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Beckham held a private workout in Arizona on Friday and has reportedly caught the eye of several teams.
According to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, the Panthers, Giants, Patriots, Rams, Cardinals, 49ers, Bills, Chiefs, Vikings, Browns and Ravens were all represented at the workout.
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Cowboys They were conspicuously absent.
Jones seems more interested in learning more about Beckham’s mother, Heather Van Norman.
«I had a very impressive conversation with the most important of all this proposition, that’s her mother,» Jones told Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. «It was really easy for me to see where Odell [Beckham] has many of its advantages. She was very impressive. You can see where she gets a lot of the stuff that she has.»
The Cowboys could certainly use another wide receiver next season. But it’s unclear if Dallas is serious about signing Beckham. In December, Jones said there was no point in signing Beckham at the moment, but he left the door open for the future.
«It’s not realistic to think about having him in a significant way for the playoffs. Now, that doesn’t rule out the future,» Jones said via The Athletic.
Beckham last played the rams in 2021 before landing awkwardly during the 2022 Super Bowl. He caught three passes for 52 yards and a touchdown in the game before the injury.
In his eight regular season games in Los Angeles during the 2021-22 season, Beckham had 27 catches for 305 yards and five touchdowns.
Beckham has had a checkered NFL career since the Giants He selected him in the first round of the 2014 draft.
He turned heads with a memorable one-handed catch against the Cowboys during his rookie year and had three productive first seasons in the league. In March 2019, the Giants traded the star wide receiver to the Browns in exchange for two draft picks and safety Jabrill Peppers.
Beckham had a turbulent tenure in Cleveland, leading the team to release him during the 2021 season. He then signed with Los Angeles. He caught 44 passes for 537 yards and five touchdowns in 14 games with the Browns and Rams.
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Beckham won Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2014 and had at least 1,300 receiving yards in each of his first three years in the league.