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Bill Plaschke: I dropped the ball, Rams did right thing by signing Odell Beckham Jr.

Super Bowl Week is famous for its insatiable appetites, unabashed gluttony and wolfish overconsumption. Which would make this a pretty good time to eat my words. Three of the most famous initials in sports has joined the Rams, with one slight adjustment required to fit the situation. OBWhy? Those were the first two paragraphs appearing in this space on Nov. 11, shortly after the Rams signed ...

Super Bowl Week is famous for its insatiable appetites, unabashed gluttony and wolfish overconsumption.

Which would make this a pretty good time to eat my words.

Three of the most famous initials in sports has joined the Rams, with one slight adjustment required to fit the situation.

OBWhy?

Those were the first two paragraphs appearing in this space on Nov. 11, shortly after the Rams signed Odell Beckham Jr.

He has since shown everyone exactly why.

He's impactful. He's inspirational. I'm an idiot.

Thursday looks a lot like the other night when Matthew Stafford attempted to fling the football out of the end zone.

They're wrongly attempting a hero play. They're foolishly shooting for an unreachable star. They're not even looking downfield.

Turns out, when the Rams signed Beckham to

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