The Las Vegas have agreed to sign free agent wide receiver Amari Cooper , according to a report by Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports, potentially opening up the possibility that the team will trade disgruntled wide receiver Jakobi Meyers. The contract with Cooper is a one-year deal, for an undisclosed salary.
Cooper, 31, has been a free agent since closing the 2024 season with the Buffalo Bills . He caught 20 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns in eight games after coming over in a mid-season trade from the Cleveland Browns , where he caught another 24 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns in six games.
The combined 547 yards represented the lowest output of Cooper's career. A former first-round pick of the Raiders out of Alabama in 2015, he'll return to his roots in an effort to revive his career.
Amari Cooper
The No. 4 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, Cooper has 711 receptions for 10,033 yards and 64 touchdowns in his 10-year NFL career . Cooper was traded from the Raiders to the Dallas Cowboys in 2018, and then from the Cowboys to the Cleveland Browns in 2022 and from the Browns to the Bills last season.
Meyers submitted a trade request to the Raiders after talks fell through between him and the team on a contract extension. The news of Meyers' trade request broke just hours before that of Cooper's signing on Monday, and while the Raiders were initially not interested in trading Meyers, the singing of Cooper could be interpreted as a significant reversal.
The Raiders also appear to be in the market for a backup quarterback, with Aidan O'Connell suffered a significant injury that will cost him a number of weeks. The Steelers, who have been hesitant to part with draft capital this offseason while saving up for a trade up for a quarterback in 2026, could include one of their quarterbacks in a trade with the Raiders.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Raiders to Sign Free Agent WR, Opening Door to Steelers Trade?
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