Sometimes, Jonathon Cooper irritates the people who love him.
The fourth year of Cooper’s Broncos career ended in splendor last season. He set a career high with 10.5 sacks and signed a four-year extension worth $60 million, changing his and his family’s lives forever. Bruce Ward, Cooper’s old high school coach back at Gahanna-Lincoln High in Ohio and still a friend, gave him a call to offer his congratulations. Man, that’s a great season.
Cooper didn’t bite. I gotta be better, he told Ward. I want the sack lead next year.