Dallas Cowboys make roster decision about Amari Cooper, per report

Amari Cooper is reportedly looking for a new team after the Dallas Cowboys are set to make a roster decision about the former Alabama wide receiver.

Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that the Cowboys are likely to release Cooper in the coming weeks because he is due $20 million in fully guaranteed money on March 20.

Cooper’s situation was laid out earlier this week by Todd Archer of ESPN:

Cooper’s $20 million base salary does not become fully guaranteed until the fifth day of the 2022 league year. The Cowboys designed the $100 million contract in a way in which they could get out of the deal for a relative pittance after two seasons. If they cut Cooper, he would count $6 million against the salary cap, not $22 million.

For a team that is projected more than $21 million over the cap, every dollar counts — especially with so many unsigned key free agents such as defensive end Randy Gregory, tight end Dalton Schultz, linebacker Leighton Vander Esch and safety Jayron Kearse.

What other salary cap-saving moves could be next? Restructuring quarterback Dak Prescott’s deal could open up close to $15 million.

Cowboys are “likely” to release WR Amari Copper by the start of the new league year, per league sources.

Cooper is due $20 million in fully guaranteed money on the fifth day of the new league year, March 20.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 4, 2022

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.