ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Amari Cooper drove himself up I-90 West for the just-under 3-hour drive from Cleveland to Buffalo, New York, alongside Lake Erie.
The drive took place Tuesday in the hours after he was traded from the Cleveland Browns to the Buffalo Bills. His phone buzzing as he made his way to his new team, Cooper was trying to take in what happened and thinking about what awaited him.
"It kind of felt like a long drive to my first day of school," Cooper said, later describing it as an "introspective drive.