According to Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns have pending Falcons free-agent TE Austin Hooper on their radar entering the negotiating window today.
The Browns are the latest team to be connected to Hooper. The Redskins are reportedly very interested in Hooper, while other reports have mentioned the Packers and Bears are expected to be among the interested teams this offseason.
Hooper has ties to Packers HC Matt LaFleur from their time together in Atlanta and Redskins OC Scott Turner after working his with his cousin, Morgan Turner, at Stanford.
Hooper is expected to be the top tight end available when free agency opens and could reset the tight end market from $10 million per year to as much as $12 million.
Hooper, 25, was drafted in the third round by the Falcons out of Stanford in 2016. He just finished the final year of a four-year, $3.165 million rookie contract and made a base salary of $720,000 for the 2019 season.
In 2019, Hooper appeared in 13 games and caught 75 passes for 787 yards receiving and six touchdowns.
We have him included in our Top 100 – 2020 Free Agents list.
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