Video: Amari Cooper Hypes 'Phenomenal' Josh Allen After Bills Trade from Browns

After arriving via a trade with the Cleveland Browns this week, wide receiver Amari Cooper expressed excitement over the prospect of joining forces with quarterback Josh Allen as a member of the Buffalo Bills.

Speaking to reporters for the first time since Tuesday's trade, Cooper praised Allen on Wednesday and suggested that he is looking forward to building a connection with him on the field:

"As far as the way [Allen] plays, I mean, it's phenomenal. Every time I turn on the television and watch him play, he plays with a lot of grit, a lot of hustle, he plays hard, and obviously he's been one of the top quarterbacks in the game for a while now. So, just to be able to play with him and experience that in person, I think it's going to be real cool."

Through six games, Allen is firmly in the NFL MVP conversation, as the Bills lead the AFC East with a 4-2 record, and he is completing 62.8 percent of his passes for 1,160 yards, 10 touchdowns and no interceptions, while also rushing for 178 yards and three scores.

Turnovers have long been an issue for Allen, as he threw 14 or more interceptions in three consecutive seasons entering the 2024 campaign, but he is the only primary starting quarterback who still has yet to throw a pick this season.

Allen is doing all of this without a clear-cut No. 1 wide receiver since Buffalo traded Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans during the offseason after Diggs had four straight seasons with at least 100 receptions, 1,100 yards and eight touchdowns with the Bills.

Buffalo has been preaching an "everybody eats" mentality rather than focusing on a single offensive weapon, and while that worked out well amid a 3-0 start, back-to-back losses to the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans may have caused general manager Brandon Beane to take stock of the situation.

The Bills bounced back in Week 6 with a 23-20 road win over the AFC East rival New York Jets, and just hours after the Jets acquired wide receiver Davante Adams from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday, the Bills made a move for Cooper.

Buffalo gave up a 2025 third-round pick and 2026 seventh-round pick for Cooper and a 2025 sixth-round pick, giving them the proven commodity they have lacked at wideout.

The 30-year-old Cooper is a five-time Pro Bowler with seven career 1,000-yard seasons to his credit. That includes the career-high 1,250 yards he racked up with the Browns last season despite playing with five different quarterbacks.

Cooper will have much more stability in Buffalo with Allen under center, and Cooper's arrival should allow other receivers such as Khalil Shakir, Curtis Samuel and rookie Keon Coleman to slot into far more suitable roles.