BEREA: When Jonathan Cooper tore the plantar fascia in his foot on the first day of training camp with the New England Patriots, he tried to fight off the discouragement.
Poorly timed injuries have dogged his NFL career ever since Cooper, the seventh overall pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2013, broke his leg during his third preseason game.
Cooper was slated to start for the Patriots after being acquired in a highly publicized trade in March that sent defensive end Chandler Jones to the Cardinals. But Cooper was hurt in a non-contact pulling drill.
On Oct.