Dawgs By Nature
The Browns traded Cooper to the Bills for a 3rd round pick
While the two-win Cleveland Browns were losing badly to the three-win New Orleans Saints, a former employee was helping his new club take down the best team in the AFC.
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Before this weekend’s slate of games, only the Kansas City Chiefs were unbeaten and untied in the NFL. That changed when the Buffalo Bills defeated the Chiefs 30-21 in front of a capacity Highmark Stadium crowd of 71,112 in Western New York. The game was the most important contest for the weekend and was highly anticipated between two of the AFC’s best teams.
On the Bills roster is former Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper. He was traded on October 15, 2024, plus a sixth-round draft pick in exchange for a 2025 third-round selection and a 2026 seventh-round pick.
The game between the Bills and Chiefs was two AFC titans squaring off with a rowdy, electric crowd behind the home squad on every possession. The contest had a playoff vibe to it especially when the Chiefs were handed their first loss of the season.
Cooper contributed with three targets and two receptions for 55 yards. Early in the first quarter facing a third-and-six, Bills QB Josh Allen found Cooper who then dashed 30-yards to the Chiefs’ 31-yard line. Four plays later, Buffalo cashed in with a three-yard touchdown pass to go up 6-0 after a missed PAT.
After the game amidst the celebration, Cooper was interviewed in the locker room by local CBS affiliate Channel 8. Since he was new to the Bills, he did not have the sense of what Buffalo’s AFC East opponents were like or what a game like this against the league’s best might be after a stressful win.
Or what the implications going forward are. Buffalo is now a certainty to gain a post-season bid and also on track to claim the Number 1 seed in the AFC once the playoffs begin.
A reporter asked Coop how much this win meant to him. He responded with:
“First time in a long time I’ve actually felt joy from winning this game. From just the way we played, from having so many guys on the team who are playmakers and they come up and show up whenever their number is called.”
While playing for the Browns, there were numerous wins that could have been deemed special on a list. Last year’s comeback victory over division foe Baltimore Ravens comes to mind or being in the playoffs last year.
And how does Cooper not agree that Cleveland had playmakers around him? TE David Njoku made his first Pro Bowl last year. Nick Chubb is one of the league’s best running backs. Two seasons ago the Browns offensive line was ranked #3 in the league led by OG Joel Bitonio and his six Pro Bowls.
Cooper continued:
“Collectively as a group (Buffalo) is amazing. It’s kind of...
