Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Cowboys won’t have a deal in place for WR Amari Cooper before the tampering window officially opens today, which means he’ll get an opportunity to test the open market.
Even so, Rapoport says the two parties have had talks and Dallas obviously wants to bring Cooper back. The plan is that contract talks will continue from here.
Cooper has said that he wants to be “a Dallas Cowboy for life.”
“I love being a Dallas Cowboy,” Cooper said. “I think about it almost every day. Just the aura of being a Dallas Cowboy, you can’t beat it. I want to be a Dallas Cowboy for life.”
Cooper, 25, 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.
Cooper played out the final year of his four-year, $22.7 million contract, but his fifth-year option which cost them $13,924,000 for 2019. He’s set to be an unrestricted free agent.
In 2019, Cooper appeared in all 16 games for the Cowboys and caught 79 passes for 1,189 yards receiving and eight touchdowns.
We have him included in our Top 100 – 2020 Free Agents list.
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