When the Bengals’ Adam “Pacman“ Jones slammed Amari Cooper’s head and the other cornerbacks took turns roughing him up all game long two weeks ago, the Oakland rookie’s position coach took it all in smiling.
After, of course, Cooper came out of it unhurt and unbowed.
“I thought it was great that it happened to him,” said receivers coach, Rob Moore, a former Jets and Cardinals receiver. “He got a taste of how some teams are going to play him. I thought he came out the next week and responded to it.