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USAT: Patriots Wire

Feb 8, 2022

The New England Patriots were extremely close to landing one of the NFL’s star receivers this season. - Odell Beckham Jr. was released from the Cleveland Browns after dealing with some internal complications. Beckham Jr. was looking for a new home and he found it with the Los Angeles Rams. Now, he’s one week away from his first Super Bowl and his contributions have helped the Rams get there. - While speaking to reporters during the virtual Super Bowl LVI media availability, Beckham Jr. admitted that he was “very” close to signing with the Patriots. - “Very,” Beckham Jr. said about how close he was to joining the Patriots. “Very, very very.” - He offered some details about his conversation with Bill Belichick. - “I don’t think I (told) him on the phone,” he said. “But I was (thinking), ‘You know, if this was three years ago, it would’ve been ideal, because Tom (Brady) is one of my favorites.’ I know I posted a video a long time (ago) of just the passion and the fire that Tom has, and there’s a bunch of clips cutting to me doing similar things. And mine gets misconstrued for something else, and his is something else, and it’s just like, actually I love football that much that I’ll punch a water cooler. Like, I care that much for this game. - ” … And for a guy, a coach like Bill Belichick, who I’ve admired for years and I’ve seen, and, just, always was like, ‘Man, someday I’m gonna play for Bill Belichick.’ … For him to call me; to be able to just sit down on the phone and talk football — I mean, it’s like, what more could you ask for? So, I was very close (to joining Patriots). That’s one of the teams that was in there. But I just, I felt like (Los Angeles) was home, that this was right.” - - Here's Odell Beckham Jr.'s full answer to @_AndrewCallahan's question about his interest in the Patriots and conversations with Bill Belichick back in November. pic.twitter.com/ELaUVEOWBo - — Dakota Randall (@DakRandallNESN) February 7, 2022 - - - The 29-year-old is now one game away from being a potential Super Bowl winner — so, it’s hard to say he didn’t make the right choice. - - List - - The evolution of Tom Brady through 12 under-appreciated performances - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Patriots Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Patriots Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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