After being traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Buffalo Bills ahead of the trade deadline, Amari Cooper’s contract is up and he is currently a free agent in search of a new team.
As he gets set to enter his age-31 season, the options in free agency may be limited and he won’t be getting a $100 million deal like he did on his last contract. However, he may luck out with a less than stellar free agency class for the wide receiver position.
For Cooper, his best option in free agency may be to end up signing back with a team he spent four seasons with — the Dallas Cowboys.
Amari Cooper Will Sign Back With the Dallas Cowboys
Cooper is coming off a season in which he accumulated 588 yards and four touchdowns over 50 receptions between Cleveland and Buffalo. While it was a decrease in production from what he had seen the year before (1,309 yards and five touchdowns), he also went from a struggling Browns’ offense to a Bills’ offense that had plenty of other wide receivers for Josh Allen to target.
Being just 30 years old, Cooper still has some productive seasons ahead of him that should be attractive to a team in free agency.
Cooper, over his four seasons in Dallas, had 292 catches for 3,839 yards and 27 touchdowns in 56 games played. He’s shown that he can be productive with Dak Prescott already.
With a new head coach in Brian Schottenheimer, having a veteran receiver like Cooper would help make things flow easier on the offensive side of the ball.
Not to mention, the Cowboys also must address the wide receiver position in whichever way they can. CeeDee Lamb is the top option, but outside of him, Dallas doesn’t truly have anyone. With Prescott coming off his season-ending injury, he will need receivers he can rely on to make plays with the ball in their hands, something the Cowboys have lacked and has hindered the offense in recent seasons.
With Cooper projected to get a $28 million contract over the span of two seasons, he would be a moderately cost-effective receiver for Dallas to add while also banking on the factor that he has produced with the team before. This is also ideal for Cooper to show the 2024 season was just a fluke, and that he can still provide value to end his career.