When Odell Beckham Jr. tore his ACL in the Cleveland Browns game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8 of the 2020 season, the long-term concern was whether he would be ready for the start of the 2021 season. During the offseason, Beckham has posted videos of rehabilitation and looked great doing so but concerns lingered.
Even when his best friend, Jarvis Landry, told reporters that Beckham was looking great there was pause for concern. Landry saw his friend participate with teammates at Baker Mayfield’s Austin, Texas get together and had a lot of confidence in his return.
The lingering question was whether he would be able to pass his physical. Beckham tore his ACL at the end of October and now, some nine months later, the star wide receiver is good to go:
#Browns WR Odell Beckham Jr. has passed his physical and won’t start training camp on the PUP list, source said. A significant milestone for the playmaker coming off an ACL tear.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 27, 2021
With the hopes that COVID-19 protocols will not limit the team as much as they did last year, being cleared gives Beckham and Mayfield a chance to get on the same page under Kevin Stefanski. Last year was full of starts and stops and unknowns due to the pandemic and the offense started to get going in the second half of the season. Unfortunately, Beckham wasn’t around for that.
With Super Bowl aspirations, the Browns need the explosive wide receiver out of LSU to take them to the next level. Beckham will start camp ready to do just that.
