Ahead of a key interconference matchup in Kansas City, Dallas will be without one of its weapons. Amari Cooper landed on the team’s reserve/COVID-19 list Friday.
This not only knocks him out for Sunday’s game, but Cooper will miss at least two games because of this development. Cooper tested positive and is unvaccinated, Todd Archer of ESPN.com notes.
Unvaccinated players must isolate for at least 10 days, so this will keep Cooper out of the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Raiders — a matchup that would have been the seventh-year veteran’s first against the team that traded him.
In his fourth season with the Cowboys, Cooper has not missed a game this season. The former top-five pick returned from ankle surgery, which kept him out for most of the Cowboys’ offseason work. The ex-Raiders Pro Bowler, who has since made two Pro Bowls as a Cowboy, has 44 receptions for 583 yards and five touchdowns this season.
Both CeeDee Lamb and Michael Gallup are healthy going into the Cowboys-Chiefs game, with the latter returning last week after missing half the season with a calf injury. Their statuses are worth monitoring, given their proximity to Cooper.