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The Amari Cooper Thread

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natedagg said:
I don’t think Cooper is making a fuss about a 1 year extension. This is an interesting case bc the messaging around the Jeudy contract wasn’t 1A money, and is Jeudy even capable of 1A receiver play?

Yeah hopefully they can do some sort of compromise, I am just saying I don’t think AB will end up getting fleeced on some aging WR. I mean ideally long-term you get Coop to gracefully age into the number 2 WR role because with his footwork he can probably stay productive (and a great teammate) for a long time, we just have to make sure that we aren’t paying him #1 money if/when that situation occurs.
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I read, I think on the OBR, the holdup was the Browns wanted to bump up the money for a shorter period and Amari's side wanted a longer time period/more guarantees.

Mike Evans is 10 months older than Amari. Evans signed a 2 year/$41m contract with $29m guaranteed in March. With the WR salary numbers up since then the Browns may have to bump it up a mil or two. Amari has a year remaining on his contract but $0 guaranteed. It depends on what the Browns are comfortable with. Signing a new contract for 2 years ('24-'25)/$45m with $28-30 guaranteed is pretty reasonable. Evans' cap hit for '24 is under $6m if the Browns want to kick that can down the road in structuring and roll '24 money currently at almost $24m into '25 cap space rollover.

Right now in '25 the top FA WR are Higgins, Keenan Allen, Godwin, Mike Williams and Cooper. Davante Adams could be a casualty with his '25 $44m cap hit. Will Amari bet on himself with the potential for a desperate team who lost out on Tee to overspend? Or take certainty with a team he has already had two very productive years with and fits the system?
 
southernflyer said:
the Browns wanted to bump up the money for a shorter period and Amari's side wanted a longer time period/more guarantees.
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Seemed pretty clear to me that it's all about the guaranteed money. Additionally, I expect both sides to eventually come to an agreement. The trade stuff is just looking for clicks.

One important aspect of this is the wide receiver room is constructed to have personal cohesion. All three of the top receivers - Jeudy, Moore and Cooper - grew up within 35 minutes of each other in the highly competitive Miami high school football scene. The Browns want to see if this cohesion will lead to a real bond.
 
Randolphkeys said:
Seemed pretty clear to me that it's all about the guaranteed money. Additionally, I expect both sides to eventually come to an agreement. The trade stuff is just looking for clicks.

One important aspect of this is the wide receiver room is constructed to have personal cohesion. All three of the top receivers - Jeudy, Moore and Cooper - grew up within 35 minutes of each other in the highly competitive Miami high school football scene. The Browns want to see if this cohesion will lead to a real bond.
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Indeed.

And if we look at the Brown's salary cap for 2026, besides Deshaun Watson we only have 6 million in guaranteed money for Jerry Jeudy. The rest of the roster (I think Hall has 500k or something) has no guarantees.

My guess is that Berry does not want to give Cooper guaranteed money in 2026 and wants to reserve that cap for younger players, but that's probably what Coop's camp is angling for. I bet they're aiming at something like a 2/50 extension with 35-40 guaranteed.
 
I like Cooper but he is not a $35 million WR especially at 30 something. I have no issue with a Mike Evans contract extension--2 year/$41m contract with $29m guaranteed--maybe make it 2 years/45m. I would rather pay a 26 year old THiggins 4yrs/$120m w 90m guaranteed or go get a guy in 1st round to pair with Jeudy if he works out.
 
Hopefully Cooper isn't pissed about the leaked report that the 49'ers had accepted an offer of Cooper, a 2nd and 5th round picks for Aiyuk. Problem is Aiyuk nixed the deal. This was Watson all over again hopefully Cooper isn't a baby like Baker was and refused to play again for the Browns even though Watson originally said no to Cleveland.
 
HenryMuto said:
Hopefully Cooper isn't pissed about the leaked report that the 49'ers had accepted an offer of Cooper, a 2nd and 5th round picks for Aiyuk. Problem is Aiyuk nixed the deal. This was Watson all over again hopefully Cooper isn't a baby like Baker was and refused to play again for the Browns even though Watson originally said no to Cleveland.
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He’ll be fine. He’s not a diva or a child.
 
I saw some bad body language from this guy as well as that awful dropped TD. I wonder if the trade rumors affected him more than he let on?
 
100% he had a pissy attitude yesterday.

Yes, it's fair to wonder if he's dogging it due to the contract situation.
 
Yeah, whatever the reason, Amari looked a bit checked out yesterday. That was not a guy giving max effort out there.
 
Can you blame him? Watson has not lived up to expectations, which makes him look bad.. Team looked like they were ready to move on, then failed..

Probably need to trade him..
 
CleveRocks said:
Can you blame him? Watson has not lived up to expectations, which makes him look bad.. Team looked like they were ready to move on, then failed..

Probably need to trade him..
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With AB's renegotiation $18m+ of Cooper's '24 salary into a bonus, we'd actually be in a worse cap situation trading Cooper.
 
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