Cowboys trade wide receiver WR Amari Cooper to Browns

4 years ago - Sportingbase

According to TSN on Saturday, the Dallas Cowboys have traded wide receiver Amari Cooper of Miami, Florida to the Cleveland Browns with a sixth round draft pick in the 2022 National Football League Draft for a fifth and a sixth round draft pick. The Browns will be the third player Cooper will have played for as he also spent four seasons with the Oakland Raiders from 2015 to 2018, in addition to four seasons with the Cowboys from 2018 to 2021.

Last season, Cooper had 68 catches for 865 yards and eight touchdowns with the Cowboys. Cooper’s eight touchdown catches tied a career-high. His best game came in week one, when he had 13 catches for 139 yards in a 31-29 Dallas loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Cooper also had two touchdown receptions.

In Cooper’s career, he has had 517 catches for 7076 yards and 46 touchdowns. Cooper’s best NFL season came in 2019, when he was selected to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career. Cooper set a career-high with 1189 receiving yards in his first full season with Dallas.

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This will have been the second time in Cooper’s NFL career he was traded. On October 22, 2018, Cooper was traded from the Raiders to the Cowboys for a first round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. The Raiders ended up selecting safety Johnathan Abram.

In Cleveland, the Browns will be hoping Cooper will fill the shoes of Odell Beckham Jr., who the Browns waived on November 8. Beckham Jr. ended up signing with the Los Angeles Rams and then winning a Super Bowl.

It should also be noted with the acquisition of Cooper, the Browns have released wide receiver Jarvis Landry. Last season Landry had 52 catches for 570 yards and two touchdowns in Cleveland.