{"id":33812,"date":"2025-03-17T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T07:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33812"},"modified":"2025-03-17T07:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T07:58:48","slug":"breaking-ex-cowboys-amari-cooper-urged-to-make-bold-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33812","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Ex Cowboys\u2019 Amari Cooper Urged To Make Bold Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">NFL insider thinks it is time for a former Dallas Cowboys&#8217; Pro Bowl wide receiver to hang up his cleats.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>When former\u00a0Dallas Cowboys&#8217; wide receiver Amari Cooper was acquired by the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u00a0last season, in exchange for two draft choices from the\u00a0Cleveland Browns, it was believed Cooper would prosper with\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Josh Allen.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper was supposed to resurrect his career in Orchard Park and sign an extension with the Bills, who were wide receiver deficient after losing receivers\u00a0Stefon Diggs\u00a0and Gabe Davis.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-f460a9a474c240a5a41b8b786ddd53f5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Bills could not keep the two receivers because of salary-cap reasons. Cooper could have signed a cap-friendly extension and had a long career with the Bills.<\/p>\n<p>However, he failed to live up to expectations and is now a free agent pounding the pavement looking for a job.<\/p>\n<p>NFL\u00a0insider Matthew Berry of NBC Sports believes the former Pro Bowler is &#8220;done&#8221;.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-placeholder\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-c702af456e11491c9db15873c229ca8d\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Berry took to social media and disclosed what a former coach of Cooper confided in him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amari is done. That&#8217;s not me talking,&#8221; Berry said. &#8220;That&#8217;s from an offensive coach of a former team of his I spoke to at the Combine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cooper finished the 2024 season with only 20 receptions for 297 yards and two touchdowns. Despite shining in the playoffs with six receptions, his season hardly produced the statistics that qualify for an extension.<\/p>\n<p>If Cooper is &#8220;done&#8221; as Berry suggests, he will finish his.career with 711 receptions for 10,033 yards and 64 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>His once promising career might now be over. Wide receivers are still capable and productive at the age of 30. Many still have plenty left in the tank.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to wonder what Cooper has left, if anything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL insider thinks it is time for a former Dallas Cowboys&#8217; Pro Bowl wide receiver to hang up his cleats. 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