The Seattle Seahawks have overhauled their wide receiver group this offseason. The mainstay will be Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who is entering his third season in the NFL. Gone are veterans DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Metcalf was traded, and Lockett was released.
The team signed free agents Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling to replace the last two. Kupp is by far the most accomplished of the two, though MVS has some skill in beating defenses with his speed. JSN and Kupp are a fine top two, but MVS is too inconsistent to be relied upon heavily as a WR3.
This might be why Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox feels that wide receiver Amari Cooper is the one free agent who can still help the Seahawks the most. Cooper, like Kupp and Valdes-Scantling, is over 30 years old, and he plays a position that can diminish in production quickly once someone reaches that age.
Bleacher Report believes wide receiver Amari Cooper could be a good fit with the Seahawks
Still, adding Cooper is not a bad idea for a team with the other three receivers Seattle has. Cooper would not need to be WR1, as that spot belongs to Smith-Njigba. He could be WR2 ahead of Kupp, though.
Cooper is a five-time Pro Bowler with a more consistent (and healthier) career than Kupp. While the former Los Angeles Rams receiver has missed at least five games in each of the past three seasons, the former Buffalo Bills (and many other teams) wideout has never had a season where he missed more than three, though he did miss that many in 2024.
But this is not a comparison between Cooper and Kupp. Kupp is already with Seattle, and the Seahawks would be signing Cooper to add to Kupp. The question might be money. According to Spotrac, Cooper's market value equates to $18.9 million per season. That seems too high for a receiver who is of Cooper's age. This might be proven true because no one has signed the free agent yet.
The Seahawks still have some money to spend. Various contract analysis outlets project Seattle to have around $36 million left. But if Cooper is going to get $18 million a season, then Seattle does not need to spend half their remaining amount on another wide receiver. Would Cooper help the team? Likely, but the team also still needs to address a need along the offensive line.
As for Tyler Lockett, who remains a free agent and is unlikely to return to the Seahawks, Bleacher Report thinks he could end up with the Dallas Cowboys. The reasoning is wise as Lockett played under Dallas head coach Brian Schottenheimer when he was the offensive coordinator for Seattle. Still, Lockett playing for the Cowboys would not be fun to watch.
