When Odell Beckham Jr. exited the Super Bowl with an apparent knee injury, it may have been the last time in a while he gets seen on an NFL field. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, he suffered a torn ACL in the game (Twitter link). 
[Related: Rams Expect To Re-sign Beckham]
The ACL tear is in his left knee, the one that suffered the same fate in the middle of the 2020 season. It is devastating news, given the success he was having not only in the Super Bowl, but his time with the Rams as a whole. After a messy divorce from the Browns, Beckham seemed to have found a home in L.A. as a complimentary piece to the Rams’ passing attack.
After signing with the Rams in November, the 29-year-old posted five touchdowns in eight regular season games with his new franchise. Then, he settled in during the postseason, and seemed to be on his way to a big night on Sunday with two catches for 52 yards and one touchdown before halftime. Those numbers brought his yards per catch average up to 13.7 for the playoffs, which is nearly on par with his average during his heyday with the Giants.
In the days leading up to the big game, Beckham expressed a desire to stay with the Rams. For that to be possible, he would need to take a discount, as the team is already scheduled to be $14MM over the cap before signing new deals with the likes of Beckham or fellow mid-season acquisition and close friend Von Miller.
Much of what both sides do now may depend on the health of Robert Woods, who himself suffered a torn ACL this season. If both he and Beckham are able to fully recover, and the latter does indeed stay in L.A., they would form quite the receiving trio alongside Cooper Kupp. Today’s news, though, may cast doubt on the chances of that happening.
#karma
Trash comment from a loser.
Disagree. This is payback for all the injuries he faked in Cleveland. I hope he is done
#ClevelandIsADumpsterFire
#kissthering
If he’s smart he’ll take a very short contract with LAR, knowing he’s unlikely to see a lot of cash from other rosters, and come back in force next year or in the postseason.
Exactly, take next to nothing to stay in LA with his super bowl winning team and if he can recover well he could come back end of next season for a playoff run much like he did this season
Highly unlikely he sees the field in ‘22 his best shot is spend the next 9-12 months and get completely healthy and come back better than ever in ‘23
So… take 9 months and be ready mid November? Sounds like a perfect time to get ready for a playoff run. (Understandably, it could take 12, but not a death sentence.)
When you quit on a team, don’t run don’t try to make easy catches to get traded then start actually moving your body…
Nobody will have any sympathy for OBJ
Will his daddy blame Baker Mayfield?
Fake injury.
This man was dancing in the locker room after the game.
You can dance with an ACL tear.
What you can’t do is play football at full speed.
Yea sure he is faking a torn ACL and team doctors are in on it?
But they cannot fool you!
He didn’t even try to self-revive
People who drive the little cart with the basket on the front at Walmart are saying the OBJ was faking it and not being tough and he could have played if he wanted to…
Couldn’t have happened to a better person. Never gave a damn in Cleveland, only there for the paycheck.
Also those fake tears after the Rams won
Lol it’s clear Mayfield was the issue in Cleveland.
Or Stefanski. Beckham’s 1st year with Cleveland, both him and Landry caught over 70 passes for over a 1000 yards. Beckham’s 2nd year, he got hurt after 6 games and Mayfield was hurt this year. Browns are a running team as they should be. Rams need to pass because they can’t run. Also Beckham was single covered playing with Cupp and doubled in Cleveland