The team took the field Tuesday just hours after being traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Buffalo Bills. With his phone buzzing as he headed to his unused computer, Cooper was trying to take in what happened and excited about what lay ahead.
“It felt like a long journey to my first day of school,” Cooper said, later describing it as an “introspective journey.”
In his first full appointment at the Expenses facility on Wednesday, Cooper said switching teams from the Browns (1-5) to the Expenses (4-2) for a quarter of a season reinvigorated him.
“Yes, it does. Actually, it does it 100% for a variety of reasons,” Cooper, 30, said. “It’s just that feeling of having a fresh start, a fresh start, a blank canvas from which you can control your destiny, you know?”
The Bills are Cooper’s fourth team since he was selected fourth overall by the Raiders in 2015. The five-time Pro Bowler gives the Bills offense a strong lead back who has the ability to spread farmland vertically and control the defenders to come. sick back with contested catches.
Even if Cooper’s numbers have been weakened this season in a Browns offense that has struggled (24 receptions for 250 yards and two touchdowns) he adds to a great receiver room that didn’t have a mistake clear. 1 and has struggled from time to time not to hide.
“Absolutely, it’s Amari Cooper, so we’re very excited about that,” Josh Allen said when asked if the addition is an emotional boost for the offense. “I know the entire offense and the receivers room will welcome him with open arms and be ready to work with him and try to learn from him as well, because he’s had a lot of success in this league and obviously has a lot of knowledge, so I think that will help our boys a lot.”
Cooper said the feeling is mutual.
“As for the road [Allen] “He plays, I mean, he’s phenomenal,” he said. “Every time I turn on the TV and watch him play, he plays with a lot of courage, a lot of effort, he plays hard and obviously he’s been one of the best.” quarterbacks in the game for a while now. “So to be able to play with it and experience it in person, I think it will be really cool.”
Hour Cooper doesn’t know many at the Expenses facility, including Allen, on a personal level, he does have a relationship with wide receivers teacher Adam Henry, his teacher with the Dallas Cowboys in 2020 and 2021.
The Expenses host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, a likely quick turnaround for Cooper, who continues to process the industry. School teacher Sean McDermott said he has no longer determined whether Cooper will play.
“I’d still have to get through the week, get a routine, still learn the playbook and everything. I just got here, you know what I mean?” Cooper stated. “So, I don’t really have any expectations right now that I can be realistic until the week is over. Obviously, if I had to answer the question, the expectation would be to just make the most of it.” of my opportunities. That’s all. “I don’t know what opportunities I would be blessed with on Sunday, but whatever it is, make the most of it.”
