Despite landing on a team named after aquatic mammals, the signing hardly makes a splash in a Dolphins WR room that already features arguably the league’s most dynamic WR duo in Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. With those two dominating the majority of the target share, OBJ will likely enter into a competition with the recently drafted WR Malik Washington for the Dolphins’ WR3 spot.
Reports around the league indicate that HC Mike McDaniel was very fond of Washington throughout the draft process, so any potential battle for depth chart positioning could be an interesting one between him and the 31-year old Beckham Jr. Also working against Beckham Jr.’s odds of establishing an/or maintaining fantasy relevance on a weekly basis are RBs Devon Achane and Raheem Mostert, both of whom made significant noise in the receiving game in 2023.
With all due respect to OBJ and his domination earlier in his career, he’s seen his role diminished to that of a role player over the past two seasons. After being unable to command a target share to make it worth starting him on a weekly basis in Baltimore, the odds are incredibly slim that he’s able to do that with clearly superb target competition in Miami. He’ll likely be a last-resort flex option with a little WR3 upside should one of Waddle or Hill miss time in 2024.