Amari Cooper's first career pa s attempt was one to forget.The Browns called the receiver's number as part of a double-reverse trick play in Week 8 against the Bengals. After getting the ball from Nick Chubb, he was supposed to look down the field and pa s the ball to catch Cincinnati's defense off-guard.But the Bengals were ready for the trick play. They got pre sure on Cooper, and appeared to have the play covered.LIVE:Still,
Jerome Robinson Jersey Cooper decided to throw the ball. It was wildly underthrown and easily intercepted by Vonn Bell.Doesn't get much easier for . : on ESPN: Stream on NFL+ NFL (@NFL) Naturally, this gaffe by Cooper attracted the attention of NFL fans
Paul George Jersey and media everywhere. That included Peyton Manning, who was watching the game on the Manningcast along with his brother, Eli, and former Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason."Great idea for a trick play until the receiver throws it right to a Cover 2 corner," Manning said. "I don't think receivers work on going through their progre sions often. Clearly, the first read was not open. Throw it away. Wow. Stick to playing receiver, Amari."Three QBs on the Manningcast and Amari Cooper is not one of them NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) Cooper agreed with Manning's a se sment and was critical of his throw after the Browns' 32-13 win over the Bengals."It was an abomination," he said, .The NFL world was in lockstep with Cooper and ridiculed the throw plenty during the "Monday Night Football" game.MORE:
Louis Williams Jersey The veteran receiver was the butt of many jokes on Twitter as viewers wondered why he elected to pa s the ball given
Landry Shamet Jersey the situation he was facing. From jokes about Baker Mayfield to ones about Zach Wilson, here are the best of the bunch:Amari Cooper throwing that pick #RingerNFL (@ringernfl) Amari Cooper has been watching too much Zach Wilson Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) Amari Cooper is just like Tom Brady: He cannot throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) Browns fans watching Amari Cooper throw an INT to the Bengals: Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) Amari Cooper is no Christian McCaffrey (via ) ESPN Fantasy Sports (@ESPNFantasy) Amari Cooper's halloween mask DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) Amari Cooper just threw an interception.Yes. You read that correctly. Brad Stainbrook (@StainbrookNFL) Wow Amari Cooper dre sed up as Baker Mayfield for Halloween Adam Beasley (@AdamHBeasley) They have to put Amari Cooper on that sad Browns QB jersey. d**n. Kevin Clark (
Blake Griffin Jersey @bykevinclark) Cooper helped to make up for his mistake by catching five pa ses for 131 yards and a touchdown. Still, the throw will likely be the most memorable play from his outing.
