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Basic StatsAmari Cooper’s Basic Stats

Amari Cooper
ADP: N/A
Bye: 12
Experience: 9
Age: 30.3
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 211
40 Time: 4.42
Speed Score: 110.60

Burst Score (Rank): 116.10 (23%)
Agility Score (Rank): 10.69 (97%)
Catch Radius (Rank): 10.15 (76%)

Injury PredictorAmari Cooper's Injury Guide

High Risk

Chance of Injury in 2024

73.7%

% chance misses at least 2 quarters

Chance of Injury per Game

7.6%

1- 17√1-% Inj/Season

Projected Games Missed 2024

2.80

Durability

5.00

Ability to produce despire relatively minor injuries. 5 being most durable

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Injury History

Date League Injury Details
Aug 13, 2013 Non-NFL Pedal Foot Sprain Amari Cooper missed a week of offseason training due to a strained foot. The injury hobbled throughout the season but did not constrain him from playing in any games.
Oct 1, 2013 Non-NFL Pedal Toe Dislocation In college, Cooper missed a game with a sprained toe.
Dec 10, 2015 NFL Pedal Foot Plantar Fasciitis Grade 1 Cooper appeared on the injury report Thursday of Week 14 with a foot injury. It was later revealed he played through plantar fasciitis "most of the year," which worsened in December.
Nov 26, 2017 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain Grade 2 Cooper sprained his left ankle in the 2nd quarter against the Broncos and missed the next game.
Dec 10, 2017 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain Grade 2 Cooper aggravated his left ankle sprain early against the Chiefs and missed another game.
Nov 26, 2017 NFL Head Cranial Concussion Grade 1 Cooper sustained a concussion in the same game in which he sprained his left ankle.
Aug 3, 2019 NFL Pedal Foot Sprain Amari Cooper was sidelined until the team's opener Sept. 8 against the Giants with a foot injury. A foot injury kept him out of the preseason since Aug. 3.
Sep 25, 2019 NFL Pedal Ankle Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Cooper (ankle) was limited in practice for two days, had an MRI on his ankle. The results came back negative. He was available for next game
Oct 13, 2019 NFL Leg Quad Bruise Cooper was diagnosed with a thigh bruise that knocked him out of the loss to the Jets. He played the next game
Nov 4, 2019 NFL Knee Patella Sprain Cooper was on the sideline with a knee injury. He returned to the game. He was limited in practice in the following days. Managed to play the next game
Jan 3, 2021 NFL Pedal Ankle Fracture Cooper's right ankle was landed by the Giants cornerback James Bradberry during the course of Dallas' defeat in the Week 17 game.
Sep 19, 2021 NFL Chest Rib Bruise Cooper sustained a bruised rib during Week 2's win over the Chargers. He was good for the next game
Oct 3, 2021 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Cooper injured his right hamstring in Week 4's game against the Panthers. He played through a hamstring issue.
Nov 3, 2021 NFL Thigh Hamstring Sprain/Pull Unspecified Grade 1 Cooper was questionable for Week 9's game against the Broncos due to a hamstring injury. He was active in that game.
Dec 11, 2022 NFL Inguinal Groin Sports Hernia Cooper didn't miss any time but underwent surgery in February.
Nov 26, 2023 NFL Chest Rib Bruise Cooper exited Week 12 vs. the Broncos due to a rib injury. He returned to action the following week.
Dec 3, 2023 NFL Head Cranial Concussion Grade 1 Cooper left in the second quarter of Week 13 vs. the Rams due to a concussion. He returned the following week.
Dec 25, 2023 NFL Pedal Heel Bruise Cooper missed the final two games of 2023 due to a heel injury.
Oct 30, 2024 NFL Hand Wrist Sprain/Pull Unspecified Cooper suffered a wrist injury prior to the game against the Dolphins in Week 9.

Basic StatsAmari Cooper's Preseason Player Analysis

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Bottom Line

Cooper has rarely challenged for the top 12 among fantasy WRs. But he has consistently delivered solid-to-good WR2 numbers. He still looks like the best bet for receiving production among Browns in 2024. We’ll see if the QB play can step up to help him. As long as Cooper’s ADP stays in WR3 range, he’ll be a solid target across fantasy formats.

What We Learned Last Year

  • Cooper fared better when QB Deshaun Watson was on the field.
    • In Watson’s five full games, Cooper averaged 2.73 yards per route. That would have been the best mark if his career by a wide margin for the full season.
    • The other 11 contests (including the playoff loss) found Cooper averaging just 1.99 yards per route.
  • Interestingly, that ran counter to 2022, Cooper’s first year in Cleveland.
    • Then, his production dipped when Watson returned from suspension to take over for QB Jacoby Brissett – including a drop from WR14 in total PPR points weeks 1-12 to WR38 over the final six weeks.
  • Really, the culprits were backup QBs not named Joe Flacco. The veteran swooped in into Week 13 with cape on and helped Cooper to an even better 2.78 yards per route.
    • In games piloted by someone other than Flacco or Watson, Cooper managed a measly 1.30 yards per route.
  • The biggest key was deep passing. Cooper drew the deepest average depth of target in his career in 2023 (14.1), a season after setting his previous high (13.3).
    • Watson improved on his poor deep passing of 2022. According to Pro Football Focus, on throws 20+ yards downfield:
      • He went from 23.1% completions in 2022 to 34.8% last season.
      • He jumped from 6.9 yards per attempt to 12.2.
      • And Watson increased his deep attempts from 7.6% of total attempts to 13.5%.
    • His performance in that area still fell well short of where it was during his Houston years. That leaves room for further improvement, though we obviously can’t count on it.
  • Cooper’s target share declined in 2023 to 23.6% (25th among WRs) after ranking 17th at the position the year before. Both rates beat his target shares for the previous four seasons, though.

What to Expect in 2024

  • Watson is coming off surgery for the right shoulder injury that ended his 2023 season. He wasn’t fully back by June minicamp but threw some in the spring workouts and appears on track for training camp.
  • Watson’s progress and status will bear watching throughout the summer. It will be a key factor in projecting Cooper’s season.
  • Cleveland let Joe Flacco walk but imported QB Jameis Winston as the new backup. Like Watson and Flacco, Winston hasn’t been the most efficient passer but is willing to challenge defenses downfield.
  • Cooper heads into his age-30 season, but our aging-curve research says that hasn’t been a worrisome age for high-level WRs. And the Cooper of 2023 looked just like the Cooper of other recent seasons.
  • He’s not a target hog and really hasn’t been throughout his career. That lowers Cooper’s annual fantasy ceiling, but it also makes WR Jerry Jeudy’s arrival less worrisome. We have a lot more data backing Cooper as the likely corps leader than we do suggesting Jeudy’s a threat to overtake him.
    • Does Jeudy siphon some of his target share away? That’s always possible. But Cooper’s record of target shares and production makes him look like a pretty solid bet to stay in the range where he has operated for years.
  • It’s also possible these Browns plan to pass more. They replaced OC Alex Van Pelt with Ken Dorsey, who got fired just past the midway point of his second season as Buffalo’s OC.
    • Dorsey’s Bills ranked among the league’s most pass-heavy offenses. Cleveland ranked 19th in neutral-situation pass rate over the past two years.
    • Throw in the uncertainty surrounding RB Nick Chubb’s return from a serious knee injury, and it would make sense for the passing volume to get at least a slight boost.

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Keon Coleman, WR BUF

4:10pm EST 11/11/24

Keon Coleman (Wrist) to Miss Another Game

Bills HC Sean McDermott told reporters Monday that WR Keon Coleman won't play Sunday against the Chiefs. That'll be the second straight missed game for Coleman. We'll see about his status on the other side of the Week 12 bye. ESPN's Adam Schefter added that WR Amari Cooper "is progressing." We'll see about Cooper's status as the week goes.

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Bills WR Amari Cooper is inactive for today’s home game against Miami. Cooper was listed as questionable after putting in limited practices all week. Without the veteran, Buffalo will rely on Dalton Kincaid, Khalil Shakir, and Keon Coleman. Shakir and Coleman are WR3s with upside, while Kincaid projects as a top-10 TE. Meanwhile, Curtis Samuel is active. He remains off the fantasy radar.

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