The Las Vegas Raiders have signed a familiar face.
Amari Cooper is heading back to where it all started.
Asked about his return to the Raiders, the wide receiver opened up on having some unfinished business.
“When I got drafted here, I felt like the expectations were high. I feel like I did OK. But I always knew why I was drafted. When you draft a guy top 5, you expect him to come and help really change the organization. I felt like at times I showed flashes of doing that but it wasn’t up to my expectations,” Cooper said.
#Raiders WR Amari Cooper says he ‘always had it in the back of my mind’ to come back to the team that drafted him 4th-overall in 2015 to finish ‘unfinished business.’
“When I got drafted here, I felt like the expectations were high. I feel like I did okay. But I always knew why… pic.twitter.com/kIj6P6IdGv
— Nick Walters (@nickwalt) August 27, 2025
Jakobi Meyers wants to be traded after failing to secure a contract extension, and even if they don’t grant his request, he was their lone reliable wide receiver.
Now, Cooper is expected to be third in the pecking order behind Meyers and star tight end Brock Bowers.
The Raiders gave Cooper a one-year deal worth $3.5 million to return, and it could go up to $6 million, depending on incentives.
He entered the league as the No. 4 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, and he’s been one of the most consistent pass catchers over that span.
He has seven 1,000-yard seasons, and he’s missed very few games in his 11 years.
Yet, he’s coming off the worst season, logging 547 receiving yards with the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills in 2024.
He’s 31 years old and unlikely to be the same player he was, but he can give the Raiders a boost in their first season under head coach Pete Carroll.
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