Beckham: 2020 will be 'one of my best seasons'

Odell Beckham Jr. is no stranger to grand proclamations.

After he was traded from the New York Giants, the boastful receiver said he planned to turn the Cleveland Browns into "the new Patriots." Instead, his new club stumbled to a disappointing 6-10 season and Beckham found the end zone just four times.

Undeterred, the 27-year-old believes he'll bounce back in 2020.

"I would honestly say this is probably going to be one of my best seasons," Beckham said Monday, according to ESPN's Jake Trotter. "Bigger, stronger, faster - this my time."

Beckham underwent core muscle surgery in January after suffering a sports hernia that quarterback Baker Mayfield said "wasn't handled the right way" by the team's training staff during the season.

"Pretty much, I was just f----- up the whole year. I really didn't try and say anything about it," Beckham added. "Probably one of the worst surgeries I've ever had. Recovery's going well. Guess I'm really just trying to put my body back together. I've been playing for 23 years, so for me, I'm trying to put it all back together in seven months."

Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta said before the draft that he considered Beckham a building block for the club's "championship-caliber core."

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