Jets are ‘most likely landing spot for free-agent prize Odell Beckham Jr.’ amid Aaron Rodgers talks
The Jets are the ‘most likely landing spot for the Odell Beckham Jr. free agency award.’ as tedious trade talks progress for Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: ‘A lot of this deal is still done’
Amid highly publicized trade talks for Green Bay Packers legend Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets have emerged as the most likely landing spot for free agent wideout Odell Beckham Jr., according to ESPN’s Dan Graziano.
The Ravens also made a play for Beckham, who met with the Baltimore Chiefs during this week’s league meetings in Arizona.
A source tells Graziano that neither the Jets nor the Packers are in a rush to complete the Rodgers trade, which has been in the works since the four-time MVP requested the move earlier this month. The good news for the impatient Jets, according to the source, is that “much of this [deal] it is done.
Graziano reports that the Packers will most likely include several high picks in the draft, but not necessarily a first-round pick.
One problem, according to a recent Yahoo report, is that some draft pick protections are at issue, including contingencies about Rodgers’ possible retirement after the 2023 season. It’s true that the 39-year-old was leaning toward retirement. before requesting a trade to the Jets, and New York’s trade math could differ significantly if they get Rodgers for just one season instead of two or three.
Amid highly publicized trade talks for Green Bay Packers legend Aaron Rodgers, the New York Jets have emerged as the most likely landing spot for free agent wideout Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham teased a possible move by the Jets on March 14 on Twitter using a suggestive emoji.
Beckham teased a possible trade to the Jets on March 14 by responding to a tweet on the subject with a suggestive emoji.
For Beckham, such a move would be a return to the New York area after playing the first five years of his career with the Giants.
It was with the Giants that the former LSU star made his most famous catch in a Sunday night game against the Dallas Cowboys: a one-handed drop in the end zone while a defender committed pass interference.
He would record 5,476 receiving yards and 44 touchdown receptions with the Giants before being traded to Cleveland for a first-round pick New York used to draft defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.
Beckham would struggle in Cleveland before finally being released and signing with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021 en route to his one and only Super Bowl win.
Unfortunately for Beckham, that title came at a price, as he tore the ACL in his left knee and missed the entire 2022 season as a result.
If he signs with Gang Green, Beckham would follow in the footsteps of another high-profile wide receiver, Plaxico Burress, who left the Giants for the Jets after spending 20 months in an upstate New York prison on a weapons charge. fire.
And, of course, Don Maynard, the Jets’ all-time leader in receiving yards, was a Giants castoff who played in the CFL before embarking on a Hall of Fame career with Joe Namath & Co.
Beckham could follow in the footsteps of Don Maynard (left) and Plaxico Burress (right) by first playing for the New York Giants before ultimately defecting to the in-state rival Jets.