ARLINGTON, Texas — Let the Odell Beckham Jr. watch begin.
The free agent vast receiver will go to the Dallas Cowboys, his third staff within the final week, on Monday and Tuesday at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the place he’ll endure a bodily and meet with possession, coaches and gamers. He’s scheduled to fulfill with the staff’s management council, a bunch of 11 Cowboys gamers from various place teams, on Tuesday.
“I usually would say that anytime you possibly can create an affirmative dedication, a perception, I feel that is great things, sure,” proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones stated. “In a enterprise that has quite a lot of psychology to it, I feel that is the case. I do not suppose it is necessary for us to have success with this staff and within the playoffs, however it might be a constructive. I would like this to work. I would like it to work. However meaning I’ll be attempting to make it work. So I’ll be on the lookout for causes to do, not causes to not do.”
The primary a part of the go to is to test on Beckham’s well being. He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Tremendous Bowl LVI. Whereas he’s believed to be wholesome, he has not labored out for both the New York Giants or Buffalo Payments. Jones wouldn’t get into what the Cowboys would ask of Beckham.
“We wish to definitely see one thing that offers us each alternative to have a giant 12 months this 12 months with him,” Jones stated.
The subsequent half can be to work out a contract. In accordance with NFLPA figures, the Cowboys have $6.3 million in salary-cap area. They will all the time create extra room by restructuring contracts if wanted. Making a multiyear deal work can be tough. Whereas the 2023 wage cap determine has not been set, the Cowboys have $213 million already dedicated to 41 gamers underneath contract, in accordance with Roster Administration.
The Cowboys have 19 gamers set to turn out to be unrestricted free brokers when the season ends, together with Tony Pollard, Dalton Schultz, Leighton Vander Esch and Donovan Wilson.
“We all know the place we’re in opposition to subsequent 12 months’s cap and the subsequent 12 months’s cap,” govt vice chairman Stephen Jones stated. “It is simply determining the place he matches.”
If he matches contractually, then it is determining how he matches on the offense.
Within the final six weeks, the Cowboys offense has been among the many NFL’s finest, scoring 28 touchdowns. CeeDee Lamb has had two 100-yard video games previously month, and had 4 catches for 86 yards and a landing in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night time. Michael Gallup had his first two-touchdowns recreation of the season Sunday, and three Cowboys operating backs scored touchdowns in opposition to the Colts: Pollard, Ezekiel Elliott and Malik Davis.
Why ought to Beckham be part of the Cowboys?
“I imply we’re successful, take a look at us,” Lamb stated. I imply put your self on this offense and type of envision it. We’re distributing the ball very effectively and I am certain as hell he would like it. I am certain.”
The final big-time vast receiver the Cowboys added in-season was Amari Cooper in a commerce with the Raiders in 2018. Cooper had six touchdowns and two video games with not less than 180 yards receiving after becoming a member of Dallas.
Dak Prescott believes getting in control wouldn’t be a difficulty for Beckham and the Cowboys.
“If you’re making a commerce for a man like that, you understand how gifted he’s and so they truly expedite that by how gifted they’re in creating area, being very decisive of their physique language,” Prescott stated. “After which only for us, it is nearly speaking with one another.”
The Cowboys haven’t been shy about wanting so as to add Beckham.
“We’re attempting to be as nice as we may be in each facet,” Prescott stated. “And clearly getting late into the 12 months with what we have got developing simply in our schedule, then clearly making a run on the Tremendous Bowl, you wish to ensure you have as many weapons as you possibly can. You wish to be certain that absolutely loaded in each route and simply planning for the longer term.”
