OBJ ‘giddy’ about Browns, ‘really feel like a bit of child’
BEREA, Ohio — Carrying a brown hoodie and an orange-banded watch, Odell Beckham Jr. smiled usually Wednesday whereas speaking about his new group, saying he was “virtually giddy” to be in Cleveland.
He additionally praised Baker Mayfield’s confidence and the quarterback’s arm. And he mentioned he was able to get again to a spot that the Browns have not been for the reason that 2002 season — the playoffs.
“I really feel like a bit of child, the thrill that I’ve,” Beckham mentioned after the group’s second minicamp apply. “Seeing Baker, seeing this offense, I really feel like this group goes to actually come collectively. I am past excited in regards to the alternative I’ve to begin over.
“The aim is all the time going to be the identical: to hold banners. We all know we now have plenty of expectations and plenty of work to do. And I believe we’ll get there.”
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The New York Giants traded Beckham to Cleveland as a part of a blockbuster deal in March that turned the Browns into one of many NFL’s most compelling groups going into the 2019 season.
The Browns needed to wait a bit to see their prized offseason acquisition up shut, as Beckham skipped all however one in every of Cleveland’s voluntary organized group actions in Could to coach on his personal, which was OK with Mayfield and coach Freddie Kitchens.
Beckham’s first two days of minicamp, nevertheless, underscored why Cleveland may boast some of the prolific passing assaults within the league this season, as he and Mayfield related on a wide range of routes.
“I’ve watched Baker since Oklahoma,” mentioned Beckham, who mentioned he’ll work out with the second-year quarterback in California later this summer time. “I believe it is the boldness he carries in himself. You’ll be able to’t coach that on anyone. That is one thing that comes from inside you, and he actually has that and it is on show, all the time. It’s a must to love that about him.
“I am additionally going to must get adjusted to the velocity, as a result of he is bought an arm. He is throwing that ball laborious. Simply catching him from the primary day, it was like, ‘Wow, that is utterly completely different.'”
The identical goes for the expectations for a franchise that went Zero-16 simply two seasons in the past. After ending 7-Eight-1 final season, Cleveland is immediately a classy choose to win the AFC North.
And to make that occur, if meaning seeing fewer targets in an offense that additionally consists of longtime good friend and former LSU teammate Jarvis Landry, then Beckham mentioned he is high quality with it.
“This sport is about successful,” Beckham mentioned. “I would a lot reasonably be within the playoffs than go for 1,200 yards and 10 touchdowns, as a result of I am supposed to try this anyway. I am able to get again to the playoffs and present what I can do.”