At the Los Angeles Rams’ training facility, three aisles of lockers are visible from the entrance.
Star cornerback Jalen Ramsey’s cubby rests among the first group; quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Cooper Kupp are each at home in the second. Cleats, tape and snacks scatter across seats and the floor.
Through the nine weeks of the 2022 NFL season, one cubby, smack in the middle of the left row on the aisle nearest the room entrance, has remained empty.
Its nameplate reads: “ODELL BECKHAM JR.”
After Sunday, the locker seems increasingly doomed to season-long vacancy.