Cleveland Browns WR Amari Cooper is looking for his second big payday, and technically his first from the Browns. Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 2015, the Dallas Cowboys traded for him in 2018. In 2020, they signed him to a five-year, $100 million contract, which the Browns inherited in 2022.
Cooper is playing out the final year of five-year contract with a $20 million salary. And with that cash in-pocket, he held out of mandatory minicamp seeking a new deal. Virtually every other player seeking a new deal did report to their respective camps, signaling the significance of the impasse.