Cowboys’ Jerry Jones on Odell Beckham Jr. go to

ARLINGTON, Texas — Let the Odell Beckham Jr. watch start.

The free agent huge receiver will go to the Dallas Cowboys, his third crew within the final week, on Monday and Tuesday at The Star in Frisco, Texas, the place he’ll endure a bodily and meet with possession, coaches and gamers. He’s scheduled to satisfy with the crew’s management council, a bunch of 11 Cowboys gamers from various place teams, on Tuesday.

“I usually would say that anytime you possibly can create an affirmative dedication, a perception, I believe that is good things, sure,” proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones stated. “In a enterprise that has lots of psychology to it, I believe that is the case. I do not suppose it’s a necessity for us to have success with this crew and within the playoffs, however it will be a optimistic. I would like this to work. I would like it to work. However which means I’ll be making an attempt to make it work. So I’ll be searching for causes to do, not causes to not do.”

The primary a part of the go to is to test on Beckham’s well being. He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in Tremendous Bowl LVI. Whereas he’s believed to be wholesome, he has not labored out for both the New York Giants or Buffalo Payments. Jones wouldn’t get into what the Cowboys would ask of Beckham.

“We wish to actually see one thing that provides us each alternative to have an enormous 12 months this 12 months with him,” Jones stated.

The following half can be to work out a contract. Based on NFLPA figures, the Cowboys have $6.3 million in salary-cap area. They’ll at all times create extra room by restructuring contracts if wanted. Making a multiyear deal work can be tough. Whereas the 2023 wage cap determine has not been set, the Cowboys have $213 million already dedicated to 41 gamers below contract, in accordance with Roster Administration.

The Cowboys have 19 gamers set to turn out to be unrestricted free brokers when the season ends, together with Tony Pollard, Dalton Schultz, Leighton Vander Esch and Donovan Wilson.

“We all know the place we’re in opposition to subsequent 12 months’s cap and the subsequent 12 months’s cap,” govt vice chairman Stephen Jones stated. “It is simply determining the place he suits.”

If he suits contractually, then it is determining how he suits on the offense.

Within the final six weeks, the Cowboys offense has been among the many NFL’s greatest, scoring 28 touchdowns. CeeDee Lamb has had two 100-yard video games previously month, and had 4 catches for 86 yards and a landing in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night time. Michael Gallup had his first two-touchdown sport of the season on Sunday, and three Cowboys operating backs scored touchdowns in opposition to the Colts: Pollard, Ezekiel Elliott and Malik Davis.

Why ought to Beckham be part of the Cowboys?

“I imply we’re successful, have a look at us,” Lamb stated. I imply put your self on this offense and type of envision it. We’re distributing the ball very properly and I am positive as hell he would like it. I am positive.”

The final big-time huge receiver the Cowboys added in-season was Amari Cooper in a commerce with the Raiders in 2018. Cooper had six touchdowns and two video games with at the least 180 yards receiving after becoming a member of Dallas.

Dak Prescott believes getting up to the mark wouldn’t be a problem for Beckham and the Cowboys.

“Whenever you’re making a commerce for a man like that, you understand how proficient he’s and so they really expedite that by how proficient they’re in creating area, being very decisive of their physique language,” Prescott stated, “After which only for us, it is nearly speaking with one another.”

The Cowboys haven’t been shy about wanting so as to add Beckham.

“We’re making an attempt to be as nice as we might be in each side,” Prescott stated. “And clearly getting late into the 12 months with what we have arising simply in our schedule, then clearly making a run on the Tremendous Bowl, you wish to be sure you have as many weapons as you possibly can. You wish to make certain totally loaded in each path and simply planning for the longer term.”