The Buffalo Expenses landed Amari Cooper in a deal Tuesday with the Cleveland Browns, including a true Negative. 1 great receiver for famous quarterback Josh Allen.
The Expenses got Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick for a 2025 third-round pick and a 2026 seventh-round pick.
Cooper, 30, fills in the negative. 1 void receiver for the Expenses who opened up when Buffalo traded Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans before the season.
The Costes (4-2) wrapped up the deal in hours after their AFC East opponent, the New York Jets, made their own blockbuster deal for a big receiver when they acquired Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders.
In recent weeks, the Browns had made some trades for Cooper, who is in the final season of a five-year contract in which he initially signed as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. The fact that Cleveland turned most of Cooper’s $20 million minimum salary into a signing bonus made him more attractive as a trade candidate.
On track to record a career-high 1,250 receiving yards in 2023, Cooper has struggled with a Browns offense that has failed to muster 20 points in each of its first six games. Cooper leads Cleveland (1-5) with 250 receiving yards and two touchdowns, but his 4.7 yards per goal ranks second-worst in the NFL among qualified pass catchers. His three casualties also add up to the sixth most in the league.
“Move or rust,” Cooper posted on his Instagram account.
“We appreciate Amari’s hard work, professionalism and on-field contributions throughout his two-plus seasons with us,” Browns basic supervisor Andrew Berry said in a comment. “He created many memorable moments with us and was an integral part of our 2023 playoff team. We wish him the best in Buffalo as he continues his NFL career.”
Including Cooper offers Exposes vital and necessary help for the receiver. Without Diggs, the team adopted an “everyone eats” mentality with the goal of having a variety of players involved in the offense at all times, but too often, especially in the last three games, the receivers struggled to clear the field. .
Great receivers rank 25th or worse in targets, receptions, receiving yards and first downs.
“First of all, we believe in the receivers we already have in the room,” spending master Sean McDermott said. “We’ll see when Amari gets here and how we can get him up to speed and integrate him into what we do and how we do things. It’s never about one man. We’re grateful to have him, but it’s never about just one man. It’s about the team. , so we’re looking forward to getting it on board here and getting to work.”
The Expenses waived wide receiver Márquez Valdés-Scantling on Tuesday to find a roster spot for Cooper.
Cooper, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, has 691 receptions for 9,736 yards and 62 touchdowns in his 11-year career. That is the age of 0.33 that he has spent in his profession. The Raiders traded him to the Cowboys in 2018 and Dallas traded him to the Browns in 2022.
