PFT: firm belief OBJ (was) signing with Saints


I absolutely agree with her tweet, and said this in an earlier response in either this thread or one of the other threads. His play/stats for the rest of this season are going to set his market value for his next contract. I wouldn't expect him to sign a contract with any team beyond the rest of this season and next season unless they are willing to pay him top WR money, which I do not see happening given his production and injury history in the past couple seasons.

Thus, he has several factors to weight including, but not limited to, the probability of an immediate Super Bowl appearance with a team, the likelihood of him receiving a high volume of targets, the likelihood of him being more successful in one offensive system as opposed to another, his likelihood of having more success with one quarterback throwing him the ball as opposed to another, etc.

Yes, Odell Beckham has been one of the more "diva" dramatic characters in the NFL since he has entered the league, so I can see why some people feel his sole motivation for taking his time is to create drama and stay in the headlines. However, I personally do not feel that this is his intent at all; I believe he is merely taking his time to make a decision that will maximize his earning capacity for the next contract he will sign barring some team offering him a contact far above his current market value with a lot of guaranteed money.

I do believe money is important to him, but it is also obvious that his personal production and stats mean a lot to him based on his unhappiness with his perceived under utilization on his two previous teams. I believe he wants to be inducted into the hall of fame at some point after his career. So he has to pick a team that he believes will maximize his future earnings capacity as well as one that can increase is production for future accolades. Honestly the two really are hand in hand. More production should result in a higher future earning capacity. This is possibly one of the biggest decisions he has had to make in his life up to this point. I find it is very prudent of him to take his time to make this decision, and I don't believe he will drag this out beyond next week.