The well-traveled move catcher said during an appearance on The Pivot podcast he’ll settle for a six-game PED suspension stemming from a constructive take a look at final yr. The suspension will start this week, per NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero. Beckham mentioned throughout his podcast look he has by no means knowingly taken a performance-enhancing drug.
Nonetheless planning to play this season, Beckham will likely be unable to take action till effectively into November. It’s actually attainable the previous celebrity has performed his last NFL down, as he was unproductive with the Dolphins earlier than the staff reduce him final December. No membership claimed OBJ, and he has resided in free company since.
Throughout a earlier podcast look, Beckham mentioned groups have been wanting into him. The previous Giants Professional Bowler talked about a dialog with Aaron Rodgers
about a potential Steelers gig, however nothing got here of it. It could shock if Beckham landed a near-future settlement in gentle of this PED improvement. Beckham, 33 in November, completed final season with simply 9 receptions for 55 yards. Hoping OBJ would grow to be a strong WR3 alongside Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, Miami moved on in mid-December.
Final yr introduced a knee process that led Beckham to start his Dolphins season on the reserve/PUP checklist. The manufacturing decline proved disappointing for Miami and moderately stunning, as the previous Tremendous Bowl champion posted 565 receiving yards on 35 catches with the Ravens. That manufacturing got here in simply 14 video games. Not many glimpses of that kind got here in Miami, nonetheless, and the 10-year veteran — who missed the 2022 season as a result of ACL tear sustained in Tremendous Bowl LVI — has seen accidents present regular impediments as his profession has progressed.
Struggling ACL tears throughout the 2020 and ’21 seasons, Beckham rebounded to make an impression with the Ravens in 2023. He got here on down the stretch that yr, averaging a career-high 16.1 yards per reception. However Baltimore opted to extend Rashod Bateman‘s function in 2024, letting Beckham stroll in free company.
This PED ban will lower the probabilities one other comeback is in retailer for a participant who delivered one of many nice early-career stretches of any receiver in NFL historical past. However that interval ended almost 10 years in the past.
Beckham did submit a 1,000-yard season with the Browns in 2019, earlier than an odd in-season 2021 divorce (that includes barbs from the WR’s camp thrown at then-starter Baker Mayfield), led him to the Rams. That change proved pivotal, with Beckham changing an injured Robert Woods to fare effectively alongside Cooper Kupp. OBJ caught 9 passes for 113 yards to carry the Rams over the 49ers within the NFC Championship Sport and was on tempo for a greater Tremendous Bowl displaying earlier than struggling the ACL tear. After intensive Beckham curiosity in 2022, the Ravens gave him $15M assured in ’23. He signed a one-year, $3M Dolphins deal in March 2024.
