The Browns wideout was whistled for a key penalty on Cleveland's final drive as they fell to the Eagles.
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper pays the price for a reception as he is gang tackled by Philadelphia Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson , Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean and Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Kelee Ringo in the second half at Lincoln Financial Field., Cleveland receiver Amari Cooper was whistled for a rarity; actually, a penalty he doesn’t think he has ever been called for previously in his 10-year career — an offensive facemask.
But Ringo’s hands were on Cooper early in the route, and the Browns receiver was trying to fight back.“I thought it was a DPI ,” Cooper said. “I was just trying to get off of him DPI-ing me and make a play. And I guess in the process of that, I did grab his facemask, but there’s no excuses at the end of the day, I shouldn’t have done it."
“I didn’t see it. You probably saw an angle I didn’t see," coach Kevin Stefanski said. “So we’ll look at it. I mean, we overcame that. We did get a first down, I believe off of that, but we have to be clean.”Watson found Cooper for a 5-yard gain, and then connected with running back D’Onta Foreman for a 10-yard pass.
Cleveland was pushed back to the 13, and settled for a 31-yard field goal from Dustin Hopkins to make it 20-16, putting the trust in their defense to get them the ball back. “it’s tough," Watson said. “Yeah, it’s very frustrating. That was our chance, especially all day we’ve been working there. There’ve been penalties and stops and just things like that. And the one time the opportunity to top the game to try to put ourself in position to go win. We didn’t do it. And yeah, it’s tough. It’s definitely frustrating."
Cooper was the team’s leading receiver with 42 yards, catching four of six targets. His two misses came early.
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