The Seattle Seahawks had a strong 2025 NFL draft and added to the wide receiver position like they were expected to, although it's hard to say what they did was adequate.
Seahawks general manager John Schneider opted to take two wide receivers over the three-day event, but those picks came in the fifth and seventh rounds with Colorado State's Tory Horton and UNLV's Ricky White III, respectively.
The problem with those picks is that they were both late-round selections, which makes both players highly unlikely to contribute in Year 1, if ever.
With that in mind, Bleacher Report's Zach Bachar predicts that the Seahawks will bring in former $100 million wide receiver, Amari Cooper.
Seattle's wide receiver corps underwent major changes during the offseason, as the team parted ways with D.K. Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. Jaxon Smith-Njigba will operate as the top weapon for new quarterback Sam Darnold, and the Seahawks also signed Cooper Kupp in free agency.
Seattle picked Colorado State wide receiver Tory Horton in the fifth-round of the 2025 draft and added veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling as a free agent. If the team doesn't feel comfortable relying on either player right away, Cooper may be under consideration.
The Seahawks have seen huge changes to their wide receivers room, with the team trading DK Metcalf and cutting Tyler Lockett before acquiring Cooper Kupp and Marquez Valdes-Scantling in free agency to add to a room that also includes last year's breakout star, Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
The problem with those additions is that MVS is better suited as a No. 4 wideout and not a starter that he's currently penciled in to be. With Kupp, he's had injury issues the last few years and is set to turn 32 in June.
Cooper, who is set to turn 31 in June, is coming off a down year that saw him tally just 547 receiving yards and four touchdowns. The yardage output was the lowest total of his career after he proved to be one of the more consistent wideouts in the NFL following seven 1,000-yard seasons over the previous nine.
But there are two reasonable explanations for Cooper's lackluster production other than decline. He spent the first half of the year with the Cleveland Browns, who had a terrible quarterback situation. Then, he had to quickly acclimate to the Buffalo Bills after a trade deadline deal that didn't pan out.
Even if he isn't the same receiver he once was, he'll still be good enough to amount to an upgrade over MVS as a starter on the boundary. And, he could prove to be a steal, as he'll likely garner a reasonable price in free agency because of his down season.
Spotrac projects Cooper to land a two-year, $37.8 million deal in free agency, but we tend to believe it'll be lower than that at this late stage in free agency, and he should only get a one-year deal, too.
On a short-term commitment, Cooper makes total sense for the Seahawks, who can utilize him as a bridge option for one year while figuring out the future at the position.
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