Is Amari Cooper Playing Today? (Injury Update, Prop Betting Impact for Dolphins vs. Bills)

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Amari Cooper is listed as questionable for Week 9 against the Miami Dolphins due to a wrist injury.

There has yet to have been a report about Cooper’s official status for Week 9, but it is notable that the Bills promoted wide receiver Jalen Virgil from their practice squad on Saturday. That could be a sign that Cooper will miss this divisional matchup with Miami.

Roster moves ⬇️

Elevated from the practice squad: DT Eli Ankou and WR Jalen Virgil

Activated: EDGE Von Miller
— Buffalo Bills PR (@BuffaloBillsPR) November 2, 2024

Earlier this week, it was reported that Cooper is a true game-time decision on Sunday.

Injury updates:
-- The #Giants are hopeful RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. is cleared from the concussion protocol.
-- #Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill is expected to play, but not so much for Zach Sieler or Jevon Holland.
-- #Bills WR Amari Cooper (wrist) is a game-time decision.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 1, 2024

Cooper has played two games with the Bills, catching four passes for 66 yards and a score against the Tennessee Titans, but he was limited to just one catch for three yards on two targets in Week 8 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Cooper played 50 percent of the snaps in that game, but the Bills relied mainly on their running game – and Khalil Shakir – in Week 8.

Shakir could be in line for a big game if Cooper sits, and right now it appears that the veteran is trending in the wrong direction.

Once the Bills release their official injury report, I’d lean with a bet on Shakir regardless of Cooper’s status given his chemistry with Josh Allen.

Shakir has 16 catches for 172 yards over the last two weeks.

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