Will Odell Beckham Jr. play on Sunday? Replace on Browns huge receiver's harm in Week 3

Simply as Jarvis Landry was positioned on the injured reserve, the Browns look set to carry one other huge receiver again.

Based on a report from ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the Browns predict Odell Beckham Jr. to make his season debut Sunday when Cleveland hosts the Bears in Week 3.

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The information out of Cleveland comes simply as Landry, the staff’s second-leading receiver thus far within the season, was positioned on IR with a sprained MCL suffered final Sunday in a win in opposition to the Texans.

It’s possible that whereas Beckham will return to the sphere on Sunday, he will not be examined an excessive amount of in opposition to the 1-1 Bears. Beckham tore his ACL in opposition to the Bengals on Oct. 25, 2020, and has not seen recreation motion since then. 

Beckham was a full participant throughout follow each Wednesday and Thursday, in keeping with the staff.

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When Beckham had been on the sphere for Cleveland, he was a distinction maker. The previous Giants wideout hauled in 74 passes for 1,035 yards in 2019, his first season with the Browns, and he caught 23 passes for 319 yards in 2020 earlier than his harm. He has caught seven landing passes over his first two seasons in Cleveland.

He hasn’t but recaptured the magic he confirmed throughout his first three seasons within the NFL, nonetheless. In his age 22 via 24 campaigns, he reached 1,300 receiving yards in every season and caught double-digit touchdowns yearly.

He sustained an ankle harm through the 2017 preseason, nonetheless, and wound up present process season-ending surgical procedure after he left the staff’s Week 5 matchup. He appeared in simply 4 video games that season and caught 25 passes for 302 yards.

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Beckham will return to a Browns offense that would use a prime goal for quarterback Baker Mayfield, as no participant but on the season has reached 100 yards receiving over the course of the primary two video games. Tight finish David Njoku leads the staff with 94 yards on simply 5 receptions, with Landry second with 80 yards on six catches. Mayfield has accomplished a promising 40-of-49 go makes an attempt, however has only one landing to 2 interceptions and 534 complete passing yards.

The offense thus far of the 2-0 Cleveland squad has been largely carried by the tandem backfield presence of operating backs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. Chubb has rushed 26 occasions for 178 yards and three touchdowns, whereas Hunt has rushed 19 occasions for 84 yards.

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