Amari Cooper is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Alabama, where he was the Biletnikoff Award winner as the nation’s top receiver and a unanimous All-American in 2014.
Amari Cooper: Trade| Highlights| Contract| Browns
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Trade:
The Cleveland Browns have agreed to acquire Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper in exchange for a 2022 fifth-round draft pick and a swap of 2022 sixth-rounders, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday.
The trade cannot be finalized until the new league year begins at 4 p.m. ET on Wed., March 16.
The Browns might not be done in the receiver market. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported later Saturday that the team has granted veteran Jarvis Landry permission to seek a trade — though Landry and his camp are open to remaining in Cleveland.
Highlights:
Garafolo added that if Landry return it likely would involve a paycut as Landry is set to earn $14.3 million this season.
Signs that Cooper’s time with Dallas — who traded for the receiver in its own mega-deal back in 2018 — became evident in the aftermath of the Cowboys’ disappointing playoff exit.
Owner Jerry Jones expressed frustration in Cooper’s 2021 season during a January radio appearance, and he declined to discuss the receiver’s contract, which carried a $20 million base salary into the 2022 campaign.
Contract:
The Browns had the salary-cap space to absorb Cooper’s contract, and now head coach Kevin Stefanski has the No. 1 receiver his offense lacked following Odell Beckham Jr.’s tumultuous exit last year, while Dallas frees up $16 million in cap space heading into free agency.
Cooper is coming off a down season after catching just 68 passes for 865 yards and eight TDs, but he instantly upgrades a Browns receiver group that might be losing Landry and has just Donovan Peoples-Jones and Anthony Schwartz to round out the depth chart .
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones further clouded the picture when he told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine that it was “too early” to address Cooper’s future.
Browns:
The 27-year-old still has three more years to run on the five-year, $100 million extension he signed with the Cowboys, but his long-term future in Dallas came under doubt in February.
NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported the team was planning to have Ezekiel Elliott back and wanted to retain free-agent-to-be Michael Gallup.
That potentially left Cooper as the odd man out because of his sizable salary-cap hit ($22 million) for 2022.
