Odell Beckham Jr. does not have a deal with any NFL team, but he has no plans of stepping away from football. However, he must first miss six games while serving a suspension.
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As the veteran receiver announced on "The Pivot" podcast, he will serve this suspension for a PED violation last season. The veteran receiver spent nine games with the Miami Dolphins. He caught nine passes for 55 yards. He is currently a free agent.
"Six games," Beckham Jr. said. "So last year, I was dealing with this, and for me, this was like tough because we talk about those dark times. We talk about the things as a man like I cheated myself as a man, a father, a son, a brother.
"I cheated myself in ways that were hard to forgive myself for, whether you're doing things you shouldn't do. You just know like I'm cheating myself, but like I've never cheated the system."
Beckham Jr. continued and said that he had bloodwork done and learned his testosterone level was below 200. He requested an exemption while saying that his son has higher testosterone levels. The league did not approve this request.
He ultimately failed a drug test for a PED violation, but he said he did not take the suspension at the time. In hindsight, Beckham Jr. said that he should have just served the six-game suspension last season and let the situation blow over.
Beckham Jr. then reiterated that he had never knowingly taken a banned substance.
"We sat there with my main PT," he said. "We questioned everything. 'What is it? Could it have been this?' I don't have no new supplements. I don't have nothing that just...I can't put my finger on it and I'm being honest with you.
"And to say like — and then for me to ask the questions — I'm like 'So what is it?' And they're just telling me it's your testosterone levels are high."
Beckham Jr. remains unclear about the substance that led to his six game suspension. Regardless, he will accept it while continuing to look for his next NFL team.
