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Bills Rumors: Amari Cooper Return Intrigues Team Ahead of 2025 NFL Free Agency

Julia Stumbaugh

The Buffalo Bills are "intrigued" by the idea of bringing back wide receiver Amari Cooper for a full season with Josh Allen, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Cooper played eight regular-season games and made three playoff appearances with the Bills after being acquired in a midseason trade with the Cleveland Browns.

"The Bills have been happy with Cooper, despite low production compared with past seasons," Fowler wrote. "He has been a good team player in Buffalo... though his free agency future is uncertain, a return to Buffalo does not appear off the table."

Cooper made 32 catches for 297 yards and two touchdowns in the regular season, adding six catches for 41 yards in three playoff appearances.

Most recently he recorded four receptions on four catches for 33 receiving yards as the Bills conceded an AFC Championship Game loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Cooper played a limited role on the Bills' offense behind top Allen targets like Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman, but he said multiple times throughout the back half of the 2024 season that he didn't mind his move down the depth chart in Buffalo.

"Winning is way more important, and that's all I truly want," Cooper told Syracuse.com's Matt Parrino ahead of the conference title game. "I've had it every other way, and haven't reached the pinnacle of this sport how I would have liked."

After making it as far as the conference championship game this winter, the Bills will look to finally unseat the two-time reigning champion Kansas City Chiefs and represent the AFC in the Super Bowl next season.

The idea of returning to a contending team could motivate Cooper to return to Buffalo, while the Bills could be looking a veteran option to add to a receiving room currently staffed by young stars in Shakir, Coleman and Dalton Kincaid.

Cooper's market value is projected at $14.2 million per year by Spotrac. Although his days as a perennial 1,000-receiving yard player could be over, he could still be a valuable depth option for teams ready to slot him into a reduced role in 2025.

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