Von Miller says Beckham should be highest-paid player in NFL history

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is going through a nightmare 2017 season, but still has prominent supporters lobbying for him throughout the league.

Beckham fractured his ankle Sunday and will miss the remainder of the season. Meanwhile, the Giants remain winless despite being billed a sleeper Super Bowl contender.

Although Beckham will be rendered inactive for the duration of the year, Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller believes the superstar wideout is due for a historic payday.

"Odell (Beckham) should be the highest-paid player ever in the National Football League," Miller said Wednesday, via ESPN's Jordan Raanan. "He should be the highest-paid player ever, regardless of position. That's just the type of player he is. It doesn't matter if it's quarterback, offensive line, receiver. It doesn't matter. The type of impact that he has on the globe, the type of viewers that he brings - just him as a player. That makes up for him not playing quarterback. So, he's a once-in-a-lifetime player. Definitely deserving.

"There's no reason that he won't come back and be the same type of player. That's just one of the guys that you invest in. When you get a guy like that, that's the guy that you invest in, that you want to keep around for his whole career."

Miller said he's confident Beckham will return from injury better than ever, reflecting upon his own experience. The Broncos star tore his ACL in December 2013 and missed his team's appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII against the Seattle Seahawks.

"I talked to (Beckham) and it's just a tough situation," Miller said. "Every elite player in the National Football League has to overcome some type of injury once or twice in their career. The type of person that Odell is - I know him personally, so I know that he's going to come back even stronger and better."

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