The Miami Dolphins extended a contract offer to veteran wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. following his free agent visit.
The Miami Dolphins are still very interested in adding Odell Beckham Jr. to their explosive offense, but they will not do so unless the price is right.
That’s the message from head coach Mike McDaniel’s statements at the NFL owners meetings in Orlando on Monday morning, according to Dolphins beat journalists in attendance. McDaniel revealed that the Dolphins extended a contract offer to the veteran wide receiver following his free agent visit to the Baptist Health Training Complex last week.
The prospect of Beckham eventually joining the Dolphins remains open, but as McDaniel remarked, according to Daniel Oyefusi of The Miami Herald, “Business takes time.”
WHAT PRICE IS RIGHT FOR BECKHAM?
There are other reasons Beckham would want to play in Miami, as we mentioned in a report last week, but money is virtually always a major consideration that may outweigh everything else.
The Dolphins have significant cap space after restructuring the contracts of numerous veterans in recent weeks, but they also want to be realistic about what they’re ready to offer Beckham.
Beckham earned $15 million in his first and only season with the Baltimore Ravens, and he was dismissed before a $50 million guaranteed pay for 2025 went into effect when vacant years were added to his 2023 deal.
Along with the Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs have been rumored as potential landing spots for the former New York Giants first-round pick, who was a close friend and former LSU teammate of former Dolphins Pro Bowl wide receiver Jarvis Landry.
Beckham is not a compensatory free agent because he was formally released, therefore signing him would not require the Dolphins to give up their prospective third-round comp picks in exchange for the losses of Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt.
Whether or not that happens remains to be seen.
There is certainly a mutual interest in making it happen, but the question is whether the two sides can agree on a price that works for both.
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