Odell Beckham Jr., who will miss at least the first four games because he is on the PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) list, gave his Instagram followers a glimpse into his training program.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa also appears in the Instagram story. After the clip shows Beckham doing squats, he turns to Tagovailoa and they bump fists to celebrate the hard work of the former New York Giants first-round pick.
Beckham has been practicing during the injury break, which he did not specify, but he missed the mandatory minicamp and training camp, which caused him to fall behind other receivers.
Beckham was unable to work on his timing with Tagavailoa during the preseason. The lack of practice could become problematic once he is taken off the PUP contract and placed on the active roster. Beckham will not be able to practice for the first four weeks, but will be able to get on the practice field afterward.
The Dolphins would then have a three-week window to add him to the active roster.
Odell Beckham Jr. publishes training clip in his Instagram story.
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Tagovailoa expressed his desire to work with Beckham, but said that it would be impossible to predict how well the two would mesh together until they had enough time to work on their timing.
He said that they spent a lot of time together off the field, but on the field they simply didn’t have time to train due to OBJ’s injury condition.
“It’s very important,” Tagovailoa said last month. “For me, it’s very important. Off the court, I’ve been able to hang out with him quite a bit – cool guy, 100 percent. But does our relationship translate to the court? I can’t tell you because I haven’t had any practices with him, and that’s just the truth.”
“Now, if ‘O’ (Odell Beckham, Jr.) is off the PUP list, he gets everything cleared and we can go out there, that’s one of the first things I want to do – routes in the air, I want to make sure I get as many reps as possible with him. “OK, he will take on this representative.” Let’s make sure this guy gets the ball and that the coverage is not irrelevant. I want to make sure the timing is right; I just want to make sure everything is good and so forth.”
Beckham was supposed to be the third receiver alongside Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. However, due to the injury, this idea was put on hold for the time being.
