Browns to release Odell Beckham Jr

Saints lock

I doubt seriously anyone claims OBJ on waivers


*ETA: nevermind just saw the Browns are fricking themselves and helping him out to get his salary to the min so someone probably will claim him

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surprised he still gets another shot.

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Shouldn’t be. We’ve seen dudes with far worse character flaws get chance after chance.

Guess we see what happens. Maybe it’ll work out if he goes somewhere that has a QB that he can’t throw under the bus (like he did with Eli and Baker).

I didn't really understand this, but either Florio or Peter King said this morning they will put a bunch of incentive poison pills in there so no one claims him.

It seems complicated. My post in here was after reading the Saints talk thread where they said his base salary was being reduced to the min and the rest was a signing bonus. That's why I said the Browns were fricking themselves (b/c a new signing bonus will create more proration they have to eat cap-wise, when cutting salary is 100% deductible).

Apparently they want to reduce their burden but not in a way where he clears waivers so he can sign anywhere.

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He is a problem everywhere he goes, surprised he still gets another shot.

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He most definetely will get another shot. Despite what they say, most teams are not worried about character if they think a guy still has a few big plays in him.

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I didn't really understand this, but either Florio or Peter King said this morning they will put a bunch of incentive poison pills in there so no one claims him.

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I don’t understand that either. Don’t they owe him less money if someone claims him off waivers (vs signing as a UFA)?

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Josh Gordon ring a bell? Beckham will get on somewhere.

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Exactly.

Gordon hasn’t been “that dude” for the better part of the last decade and has instead, spent that time trying to drink his way out of the league. And nobody is shocked he signed this year.