The Buffalo Bills successfully acquired Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns in order to bolster their underperforming wide receiver unit. First to report on the transaction was Fox Sports' Jordan Schultz.
What was Amari Cooper's trade compensation?
According to Ian Rapoport, Buffalo will have the same amount of selections as it had at the beginning of the day. Cleveland will get Buffalo's third round selection, while the Bills will receive the Browns' sixth round selection. Buffalo also receives a seventh-round pick in 2026. Depending on where the clubs finish in the draft, the value is equivalent to an early fourth-round selection or a third-round compensatory choice at the conclusion of the round.
What made the trade of Amari Cooper to the Bills a wise decision?
Last week, we made a short list of receivers who we thought the Bills may trade for, including Cooper. I wrote this back then:
Throughout his ten-year career, Cooper has averaged over 48 yards a game, and he has reached 1000 yards receiving in five of the previous six and eight seasons overall. He consistently scores touchdowns. He's obviously tired with Cleveland and has played with some awful quarterbacks. Any club that trades for him won't have to shell out a lot of cap space since he is in the last year of a contract that pays the NFL minimum after Cleveland restructured it.
Cooper is as automatic as it gets, as writer emeritus Dan Lavoie of Buffalo Rumblings pointed out to me. Although he reached thirty this year, the guy is as automatic as they come. In nine years, he averaged 1,134 yards, seven touchdowns, and 80 receptions.
Cooper and Adam Henry, the wide receiver coach for the Buffalo Bills, collaborated throughout Cooper's 2020 and 2021 Dallas Cowboys tenure to help smooth things up.
What effect does the trade of Amari Cooper have on the Buffalo Bills roster?
Once Cooper catches up, Mack Hollins should be removed from the starting lineup. Despite leading the Bills in receiving snaps, Hollins is the leader of a group that, apart from Khalil Shakir, struggles to get separation from defenders.
What was Amari Cooper's statement to the Bills on the trade?
Cooper said to Josina Anderson, "[Browns general manager] Andrew Berry called me and told me what was going on." Regarding collaborating with Josh [Allen], I've always appreciated his style of play. I'm certain that it will be fantastic to play with him and see it up close.
"It helps because I've been in this position previously. I'm really thrilled to be able to contribute and start a new chapter.
Cooper has been traded three times in his career. In the middle of the 2018 season, he was moved to the Dallas Cowboys after playing for the Oakland Raiders for his first 3.5 years. Prior to the 2022 season, Dallas traded him to the Cleveland Browns.
What effect does the Amari Cooper deal have on the salary cap for the Buffalo Bills?
As we spoke about in early October, Cooper seemed to be the greatest financial match right away for the salary cap-strapped Bills. Buffalo's lone payment for the season is the league minimum since the Browns paid Cooper's salary in advance.
What is the history of midseason trades involving the Buffalo Bills?
General manager Brandon Beane has made a number of in-season deals, the most of which have occurred around the deadline. This is the most recent. In 2023, after Tre'Davious White had an injury on Halloween, Beane traded for Rasul Douglas, a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. The Bills acquired receiver Kelvin Benjamin in a trade in 2017, which didn't turn out very well for Beane. (In 2019, he also traded Oakland Raiders wide receiver Zay Jones.)
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The Buffalo Bills successfully acquired Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns in order to bolster their underperforming wide receiver unit. First to report on the transaction was Fox Sports' Jordan Schultz.
What was Amari Cooper's trade compensation?
According to Ian Rapoport, Buffalo will have the same amount of selections as it had at the beginning of the day. Cleveland will get Buffalo's third round selection, while the Bills will receive the Browns' sixth round selection. Buffalo also receives a seventh-round pick in 2026. Depending on where the clubs finish in the draft, the value is equivalent to an early fourth-round selection or a third-round compensatory choice at the conclusion of the round.
What made the trade of Amari Cooper to the Bills a wise decision?
Last week, we made a short list of receivers who we thought the Bills may trade for, including Cooper. I wrote this back then:
Throughout his ten-year career, Cooper has averaged over 48 yards a game, and he has reached 1000 yards receiving in five of the previous six and eight seasons overall. He consistently scores touchdowns. He's obviously tired with Cleveland and has played with some awful quarterbacks. Any club that trades for him won't have to shell out a lot of cap space since he is in the last year of a contract that pays the NFL minimum after Cleveland restructured it.
Cooper is as automatic as it gets, as writer emeritus Dan Lavoie of Buffalo Rumblings pointed out to me. Although he reached thirty this year, the guy is as automatic as they come. In nine years, he averaged 1,134 yards, seven touchdowns, and 80 receptions.
Cooper and Adam Henry, the wide receiver coach for the Buffalo Bills, collaborated throughout Cooper's 2020 and 2021 Dallas Cowboys tenure to help smooth things up.
What effect does the trade of Amari Cooper have on the Buffalo Bills roster?
Once Cooper catches up, Mack Hollins should be removed from the starting lineup. Despite leading the Bills in receiving snaps, Hollins is the leader of a group that, apart from Khalil Shakir, struggles to get separation from defenders.
What was Amari Cooper's statement to the Bills on the trade?
Cooper said to Josina Anderson, "[Browns general manager] Andrew Berry called me and told me what was going on." Regarding collaborating with Josh [Allen], I've always appreciated his style of play. I'm certain that it will be fantastic to play with him and see it up close.
"It helps because I've been in this position previously. I'm really thrilled to be able to contribute and start a new chapter.
Cooper has been traded three times in his career. In the middle of the 2018 season, he was moved to the Dallas Cowboys after playing for the Oakland Raiders for his first 3.5 years. Prior to the 2022 season, Dallas traded him to the Cleveland Browns.
What effect does the Amari Cooper deal have on the salary cap for the Buffalo Bills?
As we spoke about in early October, Cooper seemed to be the greatest financial match right away for the salary cap-strapped Bills. Buffalo's lone payment for the season is the league minimum since the Browns paid Cooper's salary in advance.
What is the history of midseason trades involving the Buffalo Bills?
General manager Brandon Beane has made a number of in-season deals, the most of which have occurred around the deadline. This is the most recent. In 2023, after Tre'Davious White had an injury on Halloween, Beane traded for Rasul Douglas, a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers. The Bills acquired receiver Kelvin Benjamin in a trade in 2017, which didn't turn out very well for Beane. (In 2019, he also traded Oakland Raiders wide receiver Zay Jones.)