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Amari Cooper knows first-hand what a late-season injury does to playoff teams

Amari Cooper has seen what a key, late-season injury can do to a team.

In Cooper’s second season in the league, his quarterback Derek Carr broke his leg in the fourth quarter of the 15th game when the Raiders were 12-3 and AFC West champs.

Even still, Cooper says the Dallas Cowboys (9-6) can’t worry about that at noon Sunday against the New York Giants.

“It’s football,” Cooper said. “You have a 99 percent chance of getting hurt anytime you go out there on the field.