The Buffalo Bills traded for wide receiver Amari Cooper at the 2024 NFL trade deadline. It feels like forever ago, and in a lot of ways it was. Cooper didn’t play great in Buffalo, but he still had a little gas in the tank.
Cooper was out of the NFL in 2025 after retiring from the Las Vegas Raiders. He signed in Vegas after his contract with the Bills expired.
Now that the trade is completely in the books, it’s time to look back on the deal.
Original terms of the Amari Cooper trade to the Bills
Browns receive: 2025 third-round pick, 2026 seventh-round
pick Bills receive: Amari Cooper, 2025 sixth-round pick
How did Amari Cooper play for the Bills in 2025?
Cooper left Buffalo after just eight games, catching 20 passes for 297 yards and two touchdowns. He played in three playoff games adding six more catched for just 41 yards.
What did the Bills do with the pick from the Amari Cooper trade?
Buffalo received a 2025 sixth-round selection in addition to Cooper. The Bills flipped that as part of the trade that sent Kaiir Elam to the Dallas Cowboys. The Bills got pick 170 in the fifth round of 2025 in exchange for the sixth-rounder and Elam. They selected Jordan Hancock with the selection.
What did the Browns do with the picks from the Amari Cooper trade?
The Browns received a third-round selection which settled at 94 overall when the draft order was announced in 2025. The Browns selected a potential quarterback of the future in Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel, but that is very much in doubt in a crowded room under a new head coach now.
The pick the Browns received ended up at 242. Cleveland traded the pick from the Amari Cooper trade during August 2025. The Jets sent pick 182 to the Browns in exchange for 242 and DT Jowon Briggs. The Browns then sent pick 182 and Greg Newsome to the Jaguars for Tyson Campbell and pick 239 in October.
The pick ended up being used by the Seattle Seahawks on DT Deven Eastern after it was traded by the Jets.
Who won the Amari Cooper trade between the Bills and Browns?
I think both teams may have fared pretty equally here, with low return on investment. The more interesting thing to look at might be the players the Bills passed on. Atlanta Falcons safety Xavier Watts when a couple picks after the Browns picked Gabriel and would look good in the Bills’ secondary next to Cole Bishop.
Titans WR Chimere Dike and Browns QB Shedeur Sanders (insert joke here) were picked after the Bills’ slot and made the Pro Bowl.
