Odell Beckham Jr. considered retirement after knee injury

It seems Baltimore Ravens large receiver Odell Beckham Jr. practically stayed unsigned longer than the 2022 season. 

For a bit printed Monday, Beckham advised The Athletic he thought of retiring following his second severe knee damage because the fall of 2020. 

“I went by means of rather a lot the final couple of years, and I believed it was over,” Beckham admitted about his profession. “I didn’t need to get again up on the horse and do the identical tune and dance over again.” 

Beckham suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee enjoying for the Cleveland Browns in October 2020 after which tore the ACL in the identical knee throughout Tremendous Bowl LVI with the Los Angeles Rams in February 2022. 

The three-time Professional Bowl choice tried to play for the Dallas Cowboys, amongst different golf equipment, through the second half of final season till the Cowboys reportedly grew to become involved about his knee after he underwent a bodily with the workforce. 

Beckham finally remained a free agent till he put pen to paper on a one-year, $15M contract with the Ravens in April. Common supervisor Eric DeCosta later insisted the Ravens “noticed the whole lot we would have liked to see” relating to Beckham’s knee earlier than they provided him a deal. 

Beckham turns 31 in November and entered the NFL when the New York Giants made him a first-round draft choose again in 2014. He indicated the upcoming season might be his walkoff marketing campaign even when he returns to his best kind whereas enjoying alongside celebrity quarterback Lamar Jackson.

“I’m pondering like that is my final yr,” Beckham added through the dialog. “I’m going to present it my all this yr. After which if one thing occurs after that, we will go from there.” 

Beckham just lately vowed he’s “very decided and hungry” to silence doubters and assist the 2023 Ravens compete for greater than only a playoff berth. 

Assuming he is actually contemplating driving off into the sundown by this time subsequent yr, it is comprehensible he could really feel further motivated to chase a second profession Tremendous Bowl ring with the Ravens this season.