Browns insider slams door shut on an Amari Cooper reunion
In return for Cooper and a sixth round pick, the Browns received back from the Bills a third and seventh round pick. That third round pick turned into quarterback Dillon Gabriel.
While it is too early to judge the player the Browns selected with the draft pick they received in exchange for Cooper, one Browns insider thinks this move, trading the declining wide receiver and still landing a Day 2 pick in exchange, is perhaps general manager Andrew Berry's best move. Here is what ESPN Cleveland's Tony Grossi had to say on the move:
'In eight games with Buffalo, playing with league MVP QB Josh Allen, Cooper had 20 receptions for 297 yards and two touchdowns... Cooper is still unsigned. He is 31. I think trading Cooper for a third-round pick was one of the best transactions Andrew Berry has made as Browns GM. Although Cooper and Flacco made beautiful music together in 2023, I really think his ship has sailed out of the Cleveland port."
The Browns will currently field a wide receiver room of Pro Bowler Jerry Jeudy, third-year player Cedric Tillman, free agent addition Diontae Johnson, and second-year wide receiver Jamari Thrash this season as it currently stands. Not a stellar group on paper, the Browns could very well add a name or two to the wide receiver room.
But don't expect Cooper to be one of them.
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