After sitting out throughout OTAs, coaching camp and preseason, Miami Dolphins huge receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is predicted to overlook extra time in the beginning of the common season.
Per NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Dolphins positioned Beckham on the PUP listing on Tuesday, ruling him out for a minimum of 4 video games.
Rapoport added the Dolphins had been conscious Beckham may miss some video games once they signed him to a one-year, $3M deal in Could. The 31-year-old underwent surgical procedure for an undisclosed harm this offseason.
Including Beckham carried some threat for the Dolphins. The three-time Professional Bowler and 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Yr has battled sturdiness points all through his 10-year profession. He final performed a whole season in 2019.
When wholesome, Beckham hasn’t confirmed he is nonetheless elite. In 14 video games with the Baltimore Ravens final season, he recorded 35 receptions for 565 yards and three landing catches.
If Beckham does return quickly, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa instructed he and Beckham could wrestle to develop chemistry after the WR missed out on precious reps within the offseason.
“Off the sector, I have been ready to hang around with him an excellent quantity of occasions. Cool dude, one hundred pc,” Tagovailoa mentioned in a Monday news conference. “However does that translate? Does our relationship on the sector translate? I could not inform you as a result of I have never gotten reps with him. And that is simply the sincere fact.”
Miami’s WR manufacturing is not an issue as its receiving corps options Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. Final season, the Dolphins led the league in passing yards (265.5).
Nonetheless, Beckham’s nagging harm appears regarding and raises questions on whether or not the signing will work out.
