Odell Beckham Jr. is prepared to press the gas pedal.

The wide receiver claimed his new team wouldn’t regret giving him a try. He signed with the Baltimore Ravens in April.

Beckham told Peter King of NBC Sports, “I think that there’s still some dust on that ’76 Mustang that we need to work out, but the car runs beautifully.”

The experience that Beckham, 30, has accrued over the course of his career indicates that he is prepared to make the shift from flash phenom to senior statesman.

Actually, Beckham admitted to King that one motivation for joining Baltimore was to serve as an example for the team’s younger players.

“Try to show them the good and the bad, because, as you know, I’ve already been through a lot of the bad,” Beckham added. “I just try to share that with them,” you say, “because I think I have the blueprint for what to do and what not to do.”

Beckham proceeded by saying that he has transformed into a person who will simply “sit there and listen.” Listen to them out.

Beckham also considered his arduous journey through the NFL.

“When I was younger, even if I respected a person, if someone’s talking and talking and telling me information, I think it’s hard to lead that way,” Beckham said.

“Everybody’s story’s different. You have to understand a person, really understand them, before you tell them how to do something, I think. It’s kinda cool. I actually love the role.”

The story of Beckham’s pro journey is quite familiar to football fans.

The Giants selected him in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

The Giants moved him to the Browns in 2019 after five turbulent seasons in New York, which included three Pro Bowl performances and one broken ankle.

In Cleveland, where Beckham played for three seasons, he first tore his ACL.

Beckham felt displeased with his position with the Browns after making a comeback in 2021 and talked his way out of town.

After being waived by Cleveland, Beckham signed with the Rams and helped Los Angeles reach Super Bowl 56.

Beckham was on his way to having a monster game against the Bengals before suffering his second torn ACL.

Following the Rams’ 23-20 win over Cincinnati, Beckham became a free agent.

The 2022 season saw a flood of rumors regarding Beckham’s next NFL stop, including a possible reunion with the Giants, as he rehabbed following knee surgery.

But he ended up sitting out the season and signing a one-year contract with Baltimore, putting him in position to mentor wide receiver Zay Flowers, the Ravens’ first-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.