Odell Beckham Jr still does not play in the 2021 NFL season after knee surgery in 2020, his recovery is not 100% complete. In week 1 it was expected that he would be available against the Kansas City Chiefs but he was not, if he had played they probably would have won. But the bad news is that Odell won’t be available for Week 2 either.
OBJ suffered a tornACLinhis left leg knee on October 25, 2020 in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, but that season was bad for him anyway. OBJ had just 23 receptions in the seven weeks prior to his injury for 319 yards and 3 touchdowns.
The last good season for Odell Beckham Jr with the Cleveland Browns was in 2019, the year he signed with the team. That first season he caught 74 receptions for 1,035 yards and 4 touchdowns for an average of 64.7 receiving yards per game.
Why won’t Odell Beckham Jr play in week 2 against the Houston Texans?
It seemed that Odell Beckham Jr was going to be ready for the first week of the 2021 NFL season after it was known that in August he had already done his first official training session with the Cleveland Browns. That news came to light on August 26, 2021.
Kevin Stefanski, Brown’s head coach, told Dan Labbe (journalist in Cleveland): “He worked out before the game and didn’t feel like he could go a significant amount, so we felt like it was the right thing to do to keep him inactive. We had four wide receivers up. “
The Browns do not have to suffer without OBJ, they have a roster of talented wide receivers, among them is Nick Chubb with 83 rush yards, 2 receptions for 2 touchdowns. Anyway, the attack of week 1 centered on Kareen Hunt (RB) and Jarvis Landry (WR).