Breaking News Amari Cooper discusses being cautioned about playing in front of the Bills Mafia.
Amari Cooper discusses being cautioned about playing in front of the Bills Mafia.
Following a bombshell mid-week trade that brought Amari Cooper to Buffalo, the star receiver turned around and recorded four catches for 66 yards in the Bills’ 34-10 victory over Tennessee on Sunday afternoon. Cooper has only played three games in front of the Bills Mafia in nearly a decade in the NFL, and playing for his hometown team has given him a greater respect for the notoriously loud upstate New York fans.
It’s pretty impressive, I mean the spectators, and there’s a good vibe to the game,” Cooper told reporters following Sunday’s victory. “… Throughout the week, I was warned that the fans are really passionate. I’ve been a part of a number of extremely enthusiastic fanbases. I played for the Raiders, Cowboys, Browns, and Alabama. But this one feels a little more intense. So I suppose that is a good thing.
Despite playing in the NFL’s third-smallest metropolitan area of just 1.2 million people with a team that struggled mightily through much of the 21st century — the Bills managed just two winning seasons, both 9-7, between 2000-2016 — Buffalo maintained a reputation for one of the league’s most passionate fanbases. And with the arrival of franchise quarterback Josh Allen sparking a renaissance on the gridiron in 2018, this passionate support has turned into a significant advantage at Highmark Stadium.
The impact of Bill Mafia extends well beyond gamedays, however, developing a reputation for remarkable, collective charitable donations. Bills fans donated more than $1.4 million to John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo after Allen’s grandmother passed away in 2019, resulting in the Patricia Allen Pediatric Recovery Wing being added to the facility, but they’ve proven similarly altruistic toward opposing players as well — fans donated nearly $500,000 to Blessings in a Backpack in honor of Lamar Jackson after he had to exit a playoff game against Buffalo and contributed $415,000 to Andy Dalton’s charity in 2017.
Cooper also expressed gratitude to the Cleveland fans during his postgame interview, where the five-time Pro Bowler had played for the previous three seasons. However, while the Browns were 1-5 after six weeks with an ineffective passing attack, Buffalo acquired Cooper this week in the hopes of sparking a sixth-straight postseason run, for only a third-round draft pic
Amari Cooper on being warned about playing in front of Bills Mafia
Cooper felt the love from Bills fans Sunday after an impressively
After a blockbuster mid-week trade sent Amari Cooper to Buffalo, the star receiver made a remarkable turnaround to rack up four catches for 66 yards in the Bills 34-10 rout over Tennessee Sunday afternoon.
It’s just Cooper’s third game in front of the Bills Mafia across nearly a decade in the NFL, and playing for the home team has given him a newfound respect for the famously rowdy upstate New York fanbase.
It’s very impressive, I mean the fans, it has a good feel to the game,” Cooper told reporters after Sunday’s win. “… I kind of got the warning throughout the week that the fans are very passionate. I have been a part of a lot of very passionate fanbases. I played for the Raiders, the Cowboys, the Browns, Alabama. But this one, it seems a little more heightened. So I guess that’s a good thing.
“It just felt different. … I have been a part of a lot of very passionate fanbases. I played for the Raiders, the Cowboys, the Browns, Alabama. But this one, it seems a little more heightened.” pic.twitter.com/V1WRiuCooD
Despite playing in the NFL’s third-smallest metropolitan area of just 1.2 million people with a team that struggled mightily through much of the 21st century — the Bills managed just two winning seasons, both 9-7, between 2000-2016 — Buffalo maintained a reputation for one of the league’s most passionate fanbases. And with the arrival of franchise quarterback Josh Allen sparking a renaissance on the gridiron in 2018, this passionate support has turned into a significant advantage at Highmark Stadium.
The impact of Bill Mafia extends well beyond gamedays, however, developing a reputation for remarkable, collective charitable donations. Bills fans donated more than $1.4 million to John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo after Allen’s grandmother passed away in 2019, resulting in the Patricia Allen Pediatric Recovery Wing being added to the facility, but they’ve proven similarly altruistic toward opposing players as well — fans donated nearly $500,000 to Blessings in a Backpack in honor of Lamar Jackson after he had to exit a playoff game against Buffalo and contributed $415,000 to Andy Dalton’s charity in 2017.
Cooper also showed some love to the Cleveland fanbase during his postgame interview, where the five-time Pro Bowler had played for the last three seasons. However, as the Browns circled the drain at 1-5 through six weeks with an anemic passing attack, Buffalo acquired Cooper this past week to hopefully inspire a sixth-straight playoff run, only giving up a third-round draft pick to acquire the star receiver
Here is a look at the snap counts for the Cleveland Browns game this week. We have also included a list of all the players that didn’t play too. This is the NFL’s data collection so please take the position designations with a pinch of salt, they aren’t always the most accurate. If someone is listed as a guard it doesn’t mean they played guard during the game.
Over the next two days I will release my Browns Position Room Review VIP articles. These will look at the takeways on both sides of the ball and if there was anything we leant that could indicate players future with the team.
count drop by three weeks in the midst of the season. How the staff didn’t trust Ronnie Harrison when Rodney McLeod went down; this changed in the game when Thornhill was injured in the warmup and they had to play him, which led to them trusting him going forward.
