'Multiple teams' interested in OBJ despite recovery timeline?

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Report: 'Multiple teams' interested in Odell Beckham Jr. despite ACL recovery timeline

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Apr 8, 2022 7:22 PM ET

Los Angeles Rams general manager Les Snead said on multiple occasions in March that he'd like to re-sign wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who impressed during his brief stint with the organization after he and the Cleveland Browns parted ways in November but who also tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for the second time since October 2020 during the Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals in February.

Beckham's status for the 2022 regular season is understandably up in the air this spring, but USA Today's Tyler Dragon reported Friday afternoon that Snead has some competition as it pertains to earning the three-time Pro Bowl selection's signature:

Rams free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is recovering well from his ACL injury, per source. He isn't expected to be ready for the start of the regular season, but there are multiple teams interested in him. A return to the Rams is also a possibility.
— Tyler Dragon (@TheTylerDragon) April 8, 2022

Snead's most recent comments about "definitely" wanting Beckham to return came after the Rams signed one-time Pro Bowl receiver Allen Robinson and then traded Robert Woods to the Tennessee Titans, so it's assumed the franchise is financially prepared to have the 29-year-old on the roster at some point this fall.

Per Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, Beckham could spend the first six weeks of next season on the reserve/physically unable to perform list as he works to fully recover from his latest setback.

In eight regular-season games with the Rams, Beckham tallied 27 catches for 305 yards and five touchdowns. He then accumulated 21 receptions for 288 yards and two scores in fewer than four completed postseason contests.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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