Odell Beckham Jr. Leaves Dallas Without Deal After Cowboys Leak Medical Info About His Knee
The Dallas Cowboys, widely considered the favourites to sign Odell Beckham Jr. heading into his meetings with three NFL teams, are concerned the star receiver has not made enough progress in his recovery from a knee injury to play this season, ESPN's Ed Werder reports.
Beckham Jr. attended the Dallas Mavericks game on Monday with Cowboys stars Micah Parsons and Travon Diggs. When asked the Cowboys' chances of signing him y ESPN at the Mavericks game, Beckham Jr. said: "It's a good possibility."
However, there is a possibility that signing Beckham, who closed out his two-day visit with the Cowboys on Tuesday, would have no benefit until the 2023 season, the source added.
I think this is such a bad look for the Cowboys that the information was leaked right after OBJ's visit with them. Indeed, Now, it looks as if the Cowboys are trying to get Beckham to take less � or, more specifically, to not insist on a contract that extends beyond 2022. They also may be trying, as one league source has opined, to placate players and fans who had been clamoring for the Cowboys to sign Beckham.
The source called the team's decision to leak negative information about Beckham's knee «astounding.» There was even a suggestion that Beckham, who recently sued Nike for breach of contract, should sue the Cowboys for violating his medical privacy rights.
«How could he even consider signing there now?» the source asked.
Here is what Cowboys' owner Jerry jones said:
"Well, I'm not confident at all. So, that's the issue," Jones said during his weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. "Now, we all realize that issue of health, that issue of availability, is here every time. Just this one is very obvious and very pointed towards his injury that occurred last year in the Super Bowl. So, we've got a good beat on that, we've got a great read on his career.
