Great Built-Up: Odell Beckham Jnr’s Legacy With Rams Takes Center Stage Ahead of…

When the Los Angeles Rams welcome the Miami Dolphins to SoFi Stadium for the Week 10 edition of Monday Night Football, it will serve as a bit of a homecoming for not only Jalen Ramsey, who Les Snead traded to South Beach back in 2023, but also Odell Beckham Jr., who was a key part of the Super Bowl-winning team back in February of 2022.

While OBJ’s run in LA didn’t end as he would have hoped, suffering an ACL injury in the Super Bowl that cost him all of 2022, he’s since found a home in Miami after a largely successful run in Baltimore last season.

Discussing what it means for Beckham to return to town and how tough he remains to cover as Miami’s WR3, Sean McVay told reporters on Saturday that he’s proud of the relationship he’s forged with the LSU product and looks forward to seeing him again on Monday Night Football.

“He is such a special player and such a talent. I think the thing I respect as much as anything is what an impressive human he is and the things that he’s been able to overcome, whether it be some of the injury setbacks. You talk about a gifted, talented receiver, really smart and cerebral who can do so many different things. He was instrumental in us being able to do the things that we did for the short amount of time we had him here,” McVay told reporters.

“I think the important thing with people, this is both [Dolphins CB] Jalen [Ramsey] and Odell I feel this way about, do you leave an impact? What kind of relationships do you build and then what kind of impact do you leave? Both of those guys certainly left a big impact on me and this place. Jalen was here from 2019 to a couple years ago and even Odell was just a handful of months but the presence, the charisma, and the ability to really have such a good feel for what is needed in terms of the dynamics of the room. He’s as fun and as aware as anybody that I have been around. He was a real joy to coach, and I still keep in touch with both those guys. They mean a lot to me.”

Fortunately for the Rams, Beckham Jr. is far from the player he was in his heyday, having caught just three of the six balls thrown his way for 15 yards, but that doesn’t mean he can’t still contribute on any given game. Who knows, maybe Week 10 will serve as OBJ’s coming out part as a member of Miami, which would be good news for the player but bad news for his former team.