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Odell Beckham Questions Reports Suggesting Amount Of His Contract Request

OBJ wasn't buying a recent report about his own contract demands in free agency.
Odell Beckham Questions Reports Suggesting Amount Of His Contract Request
Odell Beckham Questions Reports Suggesting Amount Of His Contract Request

Odell Beckham Jr. remains unsigned in NFL free agency and a recent report from Rich Cimini of ESPN claimed the 30-year-old was seeking as much as $15 million per season.

Beckham Jr. appears to have caught wind of that report, taking to Twitter to dispute those claims from the Jets' beat writer. 

The three-time Pro Bowl receiver questioned the notion he was seeking $15 million, going as far as to ask Cimini if this was some sort of April Fools' Day prank. 

"April fools was yesterday no? I be so confused where all these reports and numbers are comin from. 'per source,'" wrote Beckham Jr. on Twitter

A previous report indicated that Beckham's $15 million asking price was actually a step down from the $20 million he was previously seeking. Beckham made sure to clear the air, indicating those claims were untrue. 

After sitting out the entire 2022 NFL season, the wide receiver is seeking a return to the league in 2023. Beckham Jr. was present at the NFL Owners Meetings in late March and has been linked with a potential move to the Jets amid New York's push to land Aaron Rodgers in a trade with the Packers.

As for his asking price, Beckham Jr. indicated that any "source" reporting that he's seeking $15 million per season is misinformed.


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Karl Rasmussen
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