Amari Cooper is dealing with a heel injury but the Cleveland Browns top pass-catcher expects to be ready to go for the postseason. Cooper was a surprising scratch in Week 17. He tried to warm up but decided he couldn’t give it a go. The matchup was the first missed by Cooper during his two-year tenure with the Browns. Cooper will likely rest this week for a meaningless Week 18 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. However, he expects to be ready to go for the Browns’ Wild Card matchup.
“Browns Amari Cooper (heel) says he’s getting better every day, expects to be good to go for playoffs,” Scott Petrak of BrownsZone.com. “Happy to rest this weekend.” Cooper was selected to his fifth career Pro Bowl and first as a member of the Browns on Wednesday. He leads the team with 1,250 receiving yards — the third-most by a Browns player in a season. In addition to his 1,160 receiving yards last season, Cooper is the first Browns player to record back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
In Week 16, he set a franchise single-game record with 265 receiving yards. He did most of that while battling the heel injury that has kept him on the sideline against the New York Jets.
Joe Flacco has had limited time to get to know his pass-catchers since arriving on November 20. However, the results indicate that he’s already got a pretty good connection with his receivers. Flacco has passed for over 300 yards in four consecutive games, leading the Browns to four straight wins.
