Jordan Schultz reports that the Browns and veteran WR Amari Cooper have agreed to a one-year restructured contract that guarantees him $20 million and adds an additional $5 million in incentives to his current deal.
Cooper was absent from the start of mandatory minicamp as he sought a new deal with the Browns and it seems the two sides have now found common ground.
Adam Schefter notes that the $5 million dollar raise and the $20 million guaranteed remaining on his contract means that $80 million of the $100 million still owed to Cooper is guaranteed.
Cooper, 29, is a former No. 4 overall pick by the Raiders out of Alabama in the 2015 NFL Draft. The Raiders traded him to the Cowboys for a first-round pick midway through the 2018 season.
He played out the final year of his four-year, $22.7 million contract, as well as his fifth-year option which cost Dallas $13,924,000 for 2019. He was set to be an unrestricted free agent when he signed a five-year, $100 million contract with the Cowboys in 2020.
The Browns then acquired him, along with a sixth-round pick, via a trade with Dallas that saw the Cowboys receive a fifth and sixth-round pick.
In 2023, Cooper appeared in 15 games for the Browns and caught 72 passes for 1,250 yards receiving (17.4 YPC) and five touchdowns.
We will have more news on Cooper as it becomes available.
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