This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens will have a statement game when they face each other.
This will be an opportunity for the Ravens to strengthen their stranglehold on first place in the AFC North, while it will be a chance for the Browns to continue to surprise people and increase their odds of making the playoffs.
It will also mark wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.’s first time facing off against his former team, and he said he still has good feelings about his former Browns teammates, per Ryan Mink.
Odell Beckham Jr. on facing his former Browns for the first time:
“I made great bonds and memories with those guys over there. Once you’re on a team, you build a brotherhood that lasts way longer than anything else. Not to be like, ‘Oh, it’s another game to me,’ but it will be…
— Ryan Mink (@ryanmink) November 9, 2023
Beckham isn’t what he used to be, as he suffered two torn ACLs within a span of less than 18 months, and he isn’t an every-down wideout like he was in his heyday.
He suffered his first ACL injury during the 2020 season, the year the Browns not only made the playoffs for the first time since 2002 but also won their first playoff game since the mid-1990s.
The previous year, he had put up 1,035 yards and four touchdowns in his first season with Cleveland.
It’s easy to forget how much of a force Beckham used to be back in the day — in his first three NFL seasons, he made the Pro Bowl while accumulating over 1,300 yards as a member of the New York Giants.
So far this season, he has 19 catches for 218 yards and a touchdown for the Ravens.
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