NFL - Jarrod Cooper, a dark stage on his career

Off-field problems have being a constant for the Raiders backup safety and special teams standout player, and now, it seems like Oakland’s victory over the Chiefs could have being his last game with the silver and blacks when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee.

Cooper was working on just a one-year contract, he was re-signed on Oct. 12, after having released him on July 25^th following his four-game suspension by league officials for a violation of the NFL's steroid policy, he is now the second Raiders player to be suspended due to stereoid-related agravations this year.

The 29 year old and six-year veteran player was released by the Raiders on July but they acquired him again on October, some felt that this could have being the end of his career, but Oakland trusted that Cooper could upgrade their special teams coverage units.

It seems like it’s life itself playing him a bad trick, now his injury is forcing him to stay with the injured reserve and undergo surgery at an undetermined time.

This wasn’t Cooper’s first suspension, in 2003, while playing with the Panthers, he was suspended four games and docked six game checks after a second incident in which he was charged with driving while impaired, he was accused of lying to an officer on the spring of 2004 and right after, the Panthers decide it to let him go.

Bad luck? A bad attitude? A combination? Sometimes a bright future can be clouded with human flaws, and Jarrod Cooper is the living proof, now he is hoping to finally see the light after the tunnel.