You can say whatever you want about Rex Ryan and the way he went about trying to get this point across,,,

But he's not wrong

Amari Cooper is absolutely one of the biggest disappearing acts in football

Facts to follow: https://twitter.com/GetUpESPN/status/1246067165415051264

Amari Cooper (2017-2019)

Games w/ 100+ receiving yards: 10 (22%)
Games w/ 10 or fewer receiving yards: 10
Total games: 45

Julio Jones (2012-2019)

Games w/ 100+ receiving yards: 50 (44%)
Games w/ 10 or fewer receiving yards: 0
All other games: 113

Last summer I wrote about the most cornerback-sensitive and cornerback-immune wide receivers in football...

Among them, no wide receiver struggled more in shadow coverage and against top tier cornerbacks than Cooper

Link: https://www.pff.com/news/fantasy-football-the-effect-of-shadow-coverage-on-fantasy-football

Here's what I wrote:

"Cooper ranks worst in this chart, and that might be surprising to some, but, to me, it’s the least surprising factoid from this article. Cooper has the uncanny ability of turning invisible whenever playing against top-tier cornerbacks."

Keep in mind, I wrote that *last* offseason.

So, before the 2019 season where he was held to under 40 yards in 7 of 9 shadow situations

Including a combined 13 yards against Stephon Gilmore, Jalen Ramsey, Josh Norman, and Janoris Jenkins

Amari Cooper, 2017-2019

Home: 85.1 YPG
Away: 43.3 YPG

Outside of two blowup games per year, you're basically getting Randall Cobb numbers:

Amari Cooper, Total Yards Per Game

2019: 74.3
2018: 67.0
2017: 47.9

Total (minus two best games)

2019: 58.3 YPG
2018: 46.8
2017: 30.3

Randall Cobb

2019: 55.2 YPG
2018: 42.6
2017: 43.5