The Cleveland Browns offense has been a sad spectacle through two games, and perhaps no one outside of quarterback Deshaun Watson is a better embodiment of that than five-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Amari Cooper.
Cooper has caught just 5 passes for 27 yards on 17 targets across two games and dropped what would have been a long touchdown pass in Week 1 against the Dallas Cowboys. On Thursday, September 19, the wideout spoke with media members and did two things that stood out — he admitted that he wasn’t going all out in practice and pledged to change that moving forward.
“I went out there yesterday, I practiced like the game. And that’s what I’m going to go and do every single day — just treat the practice like the game, attacking it just like I would the game,” Cooper said. “I can’t say I’ve necessarily been doing that, but that’s what I got to do.”
Cooper then faced the natural follow-up inquiry of why he hasn’t been giving 100 percent during practice sessions.
“Sometimes you just fall off a little bit. You need a reminder,” he explained. “That’s what the first two weeks gave me, and so I’m back on track I would say.”
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