By Dianna Russini, Jourdan Rodrigue and Mark Puleo
Star wide receiver Cooper Kupp is expected to decide Friday on his next home, and two teams — the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks — are very interested, league sources said.
The Los Angeles Rams released the 31-year-old Wednesday after an eight-year run that included an All-Pro selection and a Super Bowl MVP award. The team and Kupp’s representatives worked to find a trade partner but could not before his release.
The Seahawks, like the Rams, are retooling their wide receiver room. The team released veteran mainstay Tyler Lockett after a 10-year stretch in Seattle, then traded Pro Bowler DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers. They also pivoted at quarterback from Geno Smith to Sam Darnold.
In Dallas, Kupp would not only team with All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb but would reunite with receivers coach Junior Adams, who coached Kupp at Eastern Michigan.
Kupp finished the 2024 regular season with 67 catches for 710 yards and six touchdowns in 12 games. His targets dwindled during the back stretch of the regular season and into the playoffs. He had four catches on nine targets over the last three regular-season games, was targeted once for one catch against Minnesota in the wild-card round and caught five passes on seven targets against the Eagles in the divisional-round loss. In his 14 games (including the postseason) this season, Kupp had 10 or more targets just four times and eight or more targets six times.
This story will be updated.
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