The Dolphins’ long-anticipated receiver addition is set to take place. Miami has agreed to terms with Odell Beckham Jr., Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport of NFL Network report. 
Team and player have long been linked in this case, and the post-draft wave of free agency has now produced an agreement. While an April report suggested Beckham could turn down Dolphins interest due to his asking price, he has in fact taken a deal worth far less than his 2023 Ravens pact.
Rapoport reports this one-year deal is worth up to $8.25MM. The base value, per ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques, is $3MM. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald adds the team was not prepared to raise its offer in terms of guaranteed compensation, but incentives led to this agreement.
The three-time Pro Bowler joined Baltimore on a pact featuring $15MM guaranteed, a surprising figure considering the missed time which preceded it. Beckham had his most productive campaign since 2019 last year (35 receptions, 565 yards), and his 16.1 yards per catch average was the highest mark of his career. An increase in volume will no doubt lower the latter figure, but Beckham is in position to fill Miami’s stated desire for a capable third receiving option.
Not long after the 31-year-old visited the Dolphins in March, a mutual interest was reported to exist. That was confirmed in short order when Miami submitted an offer to Beckham, though Rapoport notes he had more lucrative options on the table. In the end, however, the former Rams Super Bowl winner has accepted the chance to work in a complementary role to Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
Those two will command a large share of Miami’s targets, but the team lost Cedrick Wilson Jr. in free agency, leaving slot receiver/returner Braxton Berrios as the lone in-house depth WR option featuring much experience. A veteran of 110 games, Beckham will certainly help in that department. A strong season would also boost his market value on a new Dolphins pact or interest from outside teams in 2025.
Miami entered Friday with just over $2.9MM in cap space, so this deal (along with signing the team’s rookie class) will eat up much of the remaining funds available for the time being. Cap space brought about by Xavien Howard‘s release will become available after June 1, but the Dolphins have already accomplished a key secondary roster-building goal with this agreement.
It’s official baby!!!
Im just glad the Bills didn’t get him.
They needed to save room for Chase Claypool
Steelers fans often wonder who wasted their talent here more, Claypool, or Martavis Bryant.
Bryant easily. Claypool’s talent was way inferior
The more time goes by, the more I appreciate the Steelers’ approach to receivers. Keep drafting guys with high upside and notable warts, but do it after the first round. That way when guys flame out for character, health, or whatever other reasons, it’s not that painful to move on, and some of them hit so big that they more than make up for all the others. That’s why I thought they might be the team to take Adonai Mitchell, though I think the Roman Wilson pick is great.
I saw this comment first – and I wanted to playfully respond with something like
Hey! Dont put that out to the world! The Bills are crazy enough to try it!
Then, I saw the news that this already happened Ooof.
As much as I want a WR, Im very much on team, “yeah but not that guy”
Im blaming you for this signing ooof. Im holding you responsible for these shenanigans!
( Im obviously teasing )
I may be a Jets fan, but I’ve got a guy in my fantasy league who’s a diehard Bills fan AND a reporter, so I often get Bills news in the group text the second it’s broken anywhere.
OBJ would be the #1 WR for the Bills.
That is not ideal.
Ehh, the Claypool signing is probably for the veteran minimum, so if (when) he’s cut, it won’t be so big a deal. Whatever Beckham will end up costing will be heavier, and given that neither figure to compete for the top two spots on their respective teams, I don’t mind it.
The Dolphins are paying possibly up to over $8 million for a guy to compete for the third receiver spot, whereas the Bills are likely paying the minimum for a guy to compete for the fourth spot. Ofell certainly have the durability to be a high volume number one anymore, which is what the Bills are looking to employ. If we keep it all the same but Claypool’s name, it doesn’t sound nearly as bad.
This seems like the ideal situation for him. Third receiver role and third receiver money for a team that doesn’t have a big bodied possession type. He’s certainly not a star anymore, but he’s still got value in a supporting role.
Thank goodness it’s not us.
—-Steelers fan
you need a QB first before caring about what WRs you sign.
How’d that M.O. work for Miami against teams with winning records?
If he had more lucrative offers name the ones who offered more.. that is just a smokescreen. He took only deal basically there.. atleast the offer that matched another..no one offered more
bieber
Yep
Is that dude still bilking idiot GM’s?
This contract makes that 2023 Baltimore salary an even bigger head-scratcher.
The 2023 Ravens signing was all about placating Lamar Jackson after the franchise tag standoff.
He got $23 million less in guaranteed money than Darnell Mooney, who was less productive last season, so this doesn’t really feel like bilking.
Mooney also comes with relative youth and presumably fewer off field concerns, so there’s that.
Mooney got almost $840k guaranteed per pass he caught last year. I like him as a buy low candidate, but not at a buy-high price. My larger point is that Beckham’s contract is hardly anything in this market. Besides, I think his off field concerns are pretty overblown. He’s actually got a reputation for generally being very popular with teammates, and it’s not like he was a problem on the Rams or Ravens.
Fair points, but I still think that Mooney’s youth is the mitigating factor, here. I see what you’re saying, but Odell wasn’t exactly productive last year, either.
Lol
Is there a “No Diddy” clause?
Diddy’s one of the incentives.
1/$3m. Let’s be honest, like him or not, that’s fair value for him.
I can envision all the Dade County cops doing high fives. Now they have a new controversial NFL WR to harass now that Antonio Brown has left the stage.
Yeah, those cops just harass people for no good reason. We’d all be better off if they got rid of them and let anarchy rule. Works in NYC and California. Don’t do anything stupid like drive around smoking weed, driving 120 mph in a Lamborghini, carrying an unregistered gun, or beating up women and you normally won’t have a problem. Is it harassment when you are held accountable for your stupidity, or is it justice?
Typical mindset found in The Villages.
Thanks generic white guy, love it when people make assumptions.Not the kind of villages you think. Try villages on reservations. Strange how people think police pick on people. Six foot tall, 350 lb powerlifter with hair down to my ass and wearing biker gear AND have brown skin and was NEVER harassed or even looked at twice by the cops. Why, because I acted like a NORMAL, decent, human being and minded my own business. Don’t be stupid and the cops will leave you alone.
One of the last times I remember getting “looked at” by NYPD, around 15 years ago, was on the subway. I was told to step off the train, open my bag while providing my ID.
Apparently my NYS Court ID and NYLAS Staff Attorney ID made me “NORMAL”
Just because something hasn’t happened in your experience doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. It happened more than I can remember while in high school; and I went to Cardinal Hayes in The Bronx: all boys Catholic high school: jacket, tie, no facial hair, etc. … not sure where/how that square-pegged into a profile but *shrug*
What planet do you live on where you think NYC got rid of cops? I live here and we have more cops than ever. We have a cop as mayor. We’ve got 20 cops playing Candy Crush on subway platforms while our libraries are no longer open seven days a week.
Good for you. What about in the poor neighborhoods? What is the response time? Also what about the catch and release system? Catch a criminal, no bail, back on the street. Really makes a cop want to catch a criminal, doesn’t it? Just because they’re there doesn’t mean they’re doing their job.
Well that’s just a totally different claim
I visited NYC once to go to the UN. Don’t live there, so if you say there are way more police there now I defer to you. My experience was it was dirty, people were not at all friendly where I was at, and there was a distinct lack of police presence. But the fact remains that no bail doesn’t deter criminals and the police have very little incentive to catch anyone if they will be turned loose.
What a great move by the Dolphins. They already have 2 of the top 10-20 wrs in football (hill is #1 depends where you slot Waddle). To add OBJ as a third option is scary for the rest of the nfl. How are you going to stop that offense??
All those circus catches won’t mean a thing if Miami starts giving up 40 and 50 in losses to teams with winning records.
Oh he’s only 31, I thought he was like 40