When Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice went down with a knee injury on Sunday, one of the names that came up in the trade rumor mill was Amari Cooper.
In the last year of his contract with the Browns, Cooper was rumored a couple of months ago to be a part of a potential deal for Brandon Aiyuk before the receiver elected to re-up with San Francisco. And with Cleveland not looking anything like a playoff-bound team through the first quarter of the season, Cooper could be moved at some point.
But in his Thursday press conference, Cooper said he hadn’t heard anything about his name in those conversations.
“I’m not aware of it,” Cooper said. “Usually, if I don’t have a good game, I try to stay off of social media. That’s one thing that I’ve learned because I can be kind of sensitive about the way that I play. And just being on …