Odell Beckham Jr. had one of the weakest games of his career statistically last Sunday. The Ravens focused their coverage attention to taking the Pro Bowl wideout away, limiting Beckham to just 20 yards on two catches.
If folks thought the lack of productivity would bother Beckham, the wideout quickly set them straight in his Friday press conference. Beckham beamed over the Browns’ 40-25 win and the first-place status for his team as a result.
“We beat a very good team,” Beckham stated. “Of course, any receiver in the National Football League, you can ask them, and you all know what we want to do. We want to catch touchdowns and we want to catch passes, but just drawing attention over here, I run a hitch and two people will jump on me and you hit (TE) Ricky (Seals-Jones) right up the seam for 70 yards. If teams are going to focus on that, it will be a long day for me, but we will come out with what we need.
Like I said, it is just about putting us in position to make it to the playoffs. Stats are only stats, but the memories you have of going to the playoffs and winning championships, nothing is going to ever supersede that for me. I just want to get back to the playoffs. That is really it.”
Just to add to the clarity of his mission, Beckham continued,
“…my only goal is to win the division, and it starts with Baltimore, it starts with the Bengals and it starts with the Steelers. If teams are going to do that, we will hang 40, and we will walk out of there with a win and get back to work next week.”
