ALAMEDA — Amari Cooper knows what you’re thinking, and he doesn’t necessarily disagree.
One of only three receivers in NFL history to record at least 70 receptions and 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons (the others were Marques Colston and Odell Beckham Jr.), Cooper has nonetheless ended both the 2015 and the 2016 seasons leaving the impression that it could have been so much more.
Cooper had 72 receptions for 1,070 yards as a rookie first-round draft pick out of Alabama, and last season had 83 receptions for 1,153 yards.
But while Cooper breaks from the gate and leaves defenders in his wake, he struggles to reach the finish line.