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Steelers Among Favorites to Land Odell Beckham Jr.
Former Miami Dolphins wide Odell Beckham Jr. has cleared waivers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are among the favorites to land the three-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl champion.
The Steelers are tied with the Baltimore Ravens at +280 odds to sign Beckham, according to Bovada Sportsbook. The Los Angeles Rams are the current favorites with +225 odds at landing him. Beckham played in Los Angeles and Baltimore before his short tenure with the Miami Dolphins.
Beckham, 32, played in only nine games with Miami this season and has been targeted 18 times. He has nine catches for 55 yards.
As a 31-year-old with the Baltimore Ravens last year, Beckham caught 35 passes for 565 yards and three touchdowns. He was likely assuming similar production when he signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the Dolphins this offseason.
Beckham earned his Super Bowl ring with the Los Angeles Rams in 2022. He has settled into a role as a bit-part player after passing the 1,000-yard receiving mark in five of his first six seasons.
Since then, Beckham has gone through a series of health problems that limited him to seven games in 2020. He forced his way out of Cleveland mid-season in 2021, setting up a trade to the Rams, but an injury cost him the entire 2022 season. He played 14 games with Baltimore last season and missed the first four games of this season.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound receiver has not had more than 17 yards receiving in a game this season, as the Miami passing offense struggled with Tua Tagovailoa out with injury. It was expected when Beckham signed in Miami that he’d be the team’s third receiver behind Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, but the extent those two have dominated the target share has been unexpected.
The Steelers have seemingly been searching for receiver help all season, after trading Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers in March. They did add Mike Williams at the NFL trade deadline, but Williams has had a relatively small impact since joining the team, catching five passes for 83 yards and a touchdown in six games.
That addition has been more than offset by the absence of star wide out George Pickens, who missed last the last two games with a hamstring injury. The Steelers finished with 163 yards against the Eagles, their fewest since they had 127 in a 19-11 victory against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 19, 2010. They also possessed the ball for just 20:08 and had just two possessions in the second half. The offense desperately misses Pickens’ presence.
Beckham and Williams were both among the players that the Steelers could have signed to bolster their wide receiver depth this offseason. Now, they could possibly end up with both of them. The Rams and Ravens had higher waiver priorities than the Steelers, so the opportunity for Pittsburgh to scoop him up are there.
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