Jones: OBJ 'could look pretty good' with Cowboys

FRISCO, Texas -- If escaped cause wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has involvement successful joining the Dallas Cowboys, the nine is doing its champion to fto him cognize the involvement is mutual.

Speaking connected 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas connected Tuesday, proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones backed the Cowboys' existent receiving corps and signifier of walk crippled but added Beckham "is idiosyncratic we person each the appreciation successful the satellite for what helium is arsenic a rival and cognize that the Cowboys prima connected the helmet erstwhile helium puts it connected could look beauteous good."

In 8 games against the Cowboys with the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns, Beckham has 40 catches for 558 yards and 7 touchdowns.

On Monday, manager Mike McCarthy said helium has, "always been a immense instrumentality of [Beckham]," and erstwhile and existent assistants connected his unit person vouched for him. Beckham is rehabbing from a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered successful past season's Super Bowl portion playing for the Los Angeles Rams.

"From Ben McAdoo, Joe Whitt, each the guys from the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns, each the guys person thing but large things to accidental astir him," McCarthy said. "I person ever been truthful impressed with his shot playing ability. I person heard truthful galore fantabulous things astir him implicit the years."

No visits with Beckham person been acceptable truthful the squad tin spot wherever helium is successful his recovery, but usually Jones is reluctant to talk connected immoderate prospective escaped agents due to the fact that of competitory reasons.

Beckham told Complex successful a video tweeted Sunday that erstwhile helium signs with his adjacent team, he'd similar it to beryllium a multiyear situation. The Cowboys were 1 of 4 teams helium mentioned.

"Whether it's Buffalo, whether it was Green Bay calling, the Cowboys, reunion with the Giants, I privation to beryllium capable to spill my past -- not saying I lone got 3 oregon 4 [seasons] near -- but these adjacent 3 oregon 4 years into thing wherever I tin bargain a home, similar I tin telephone this spot home. I'm bushed of surviving retired of two-week suitcases, I've done the rock-and-roll life," helium said.

The Cowboys were successful discussions with the Houston Texans starring into past week's commercialized deadline for wide receiver Brandin Cooks, but thing came to fruition. They besides had little talks with the Denver Broncos regarding Jerry Jeudy, according to sources.

The Cowboys person the 25th-ranked walk discourtesy and person not had a receiver person a 100-yard crippled yet this season. Jones said connected The Fan helium believes the passing crippled volition improve, particularly arsenic Dak Prescott becomes much comfy successful his instrumentality from a fractured close thumb. Jones said CeeDee Lamb is giving the Cowboys everything they privation arsenic the No. 1 receiver, Michael Gallup, who tore his ACL past January and missed the archetypal 3 games of the season, is improving each time and free-agent summation James Washington is adjacent to returning from a breached foot.

"I'm anticipating much effectiveness. I'm anticipating not lone getting the shot retired of determination quick, but Dak being capable to propulsion the shot connected the move, but I spot down the tract immoderate successful the walk game," Jones said. "I similar what we're doing with our intermediate crippled with our choky ends ... We're conscionable getting amended astatine receiver. We whitethorn oregon whitethorn not arsenic acold arsenic adding thing to the receiving corps, but if we don't, I similar wherever we are."