Riley Cooper not expected to get signed after tryout with Buccaneers

The Buccaneers are not expected to sign former Eagles and current veteran free agent wide receiver Riley Cooper after giving him a tryout during Tampa Bay’s rookie minicamp, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

This news should hardly come as a surprise. If the Buccaneers wanted to sign Cooper outright, they could have just done that. Sure, he’s been out of football for a year, but they already know what the 29-year-old receiver brings to the table. They weren’t going to learn much more about him during a rookie minicamp session.

As I previously theorized, the Buccaneers may have just been doing a favor to Cooper and his agent by getting the receiver’s name out there again. I doubt the Bucs showing interest in him is suddenly going to create a hot market for Cooper, though.

My guess would be Cooper is done in the NFL. If no one wanted to sign him last year, I don’t see why that would change this offseason. Maybe a team gets super desperate for receiver depth at some point, but I doubt it.