Cowboys not willing to trade WR Michael Gallup before deadline

[thunderpimp91]

He only runs 4.51. That’s why he gets deep but doesn’t take it to the house unless it’s a bad corner. Coopers route running let’s him get open against elite corners and he’s still only 26.

I get it, I love Cooper, but you're avoiding the real issue here. The cowboys are desperate for cap relief, need to balance the talent between offense/defense, and realistically shouldn't miss too much production without cooper. They still have enough talent on offense, when healthy, to put up 30 a game.

 

[CarolinaFathead]

I’m glad Gallup is not on the block.

Cooper is a better receiver though. The hate this dude gets around here is absurd. He “got paid” though so if he isn’t crapping golden eggs then he’s an overpaid, lazy entitled bum to so many on this board.

 

[Kingofholland]

In other words the trade compensation other teams are offering for Gallup isn't worth it. I would suspect offers may be 3rd round which isn't worth it to lose Gallup in 2021. Not likely but if someone came calling with a 1st or multiple 2nd day picks you would have to consider it.

 

[Mr_437]

Michael Gehlken @GehlkenNFL
Cowboys are not willing to trade WR Michael Gallup before
Tuesday's NFL deadline, source said. If they were to deal a
top receiver, he wouldn't be the logical choice.

Can't post tweet because of link to a restricted publication.

Cowboys on fire today. Gallup is off limits...I support that. Glad they value this dude...he plays hard.

 

[Vanilla2]

They must’ve read my post.

 

[fivetwos]

Coopers clearly the best receiver on the team. He can do everything the other two do plus remains the most consistent while facing the best corner.

He really isnt, but that would be like arguing what the eyebrows look like on a corpse.

Matter of opinion I suppose.

The NFL isnt a PPR league.

 

[DandyDon52]

jerry is not trading anyone on offense lol

 

[Motorola]

Coopers clearly the best receiver on the team. He can do everything the other two do plus remains the most consistent while facing the best corner.

Didn't Cooper get "alligator arms" on a quick slant near the goal line vs. the
Cardinals - and it resulted in an INT?

 

[TwentyOne]

Why would anyone entertain the idea of trading Gallup ? He and Lamb are the team's present and future at WR............

How will you be able to keep him after the massive deal cooper got?

Its either or.

I hated the cooper deal from the beginning.

 

[TwentyOne]

Didn't Cooper get "alligator arms" on a quick slant near the goal line vs. the
Cardinals - and it resulted in an INT?

No.

It was discussed over and over again.

This was Daks fault. The ball should have never been thrown to Cooper. He was just a decoy on that play.

 

[America's Cowboy]

I like Amari Cooper, but his highly overpaid contract and his often injured foot, plus he disappearing at times especially late in key games, makes him expendable.

Michael Gallup has done nothing but get better so quickly in only 2.5 years, and with CeeDee Lamb on the team, along with newly standout and talented Cedrick Wilson, the Cowboys would be just fine with this new trio set as the starters for this Offense.

 

[America's Cowboy]

No.

It was discussed over and over again.

This was Daks fault. The ball should have never been thrown to Cooper. He was just a decoy on that play.

Absolutely not Dak's fault. Every player, especially the highest paid ones on the team, should be going 100% at all times and expecting to get the ball. That's how Drew Pearson did it. That's how Michael Irvin did, and that's how Dez Bryant did it.

Amari Cooper has slacked often late in key games with the game on the line. He's definitely expendable.

 

[kevm3]

Yes, Cooper’s our best WR, but he’s also making something like 5 times what Gallup and Lamb are making COMBINED.

That’s why Cooper’s the logical choice if we were to trade a WR.

We're going to have to pay Gallup soon so his contract wont' be cheap for long and there's no guarantee that he would want to even be here, so we could end up trading Cooper and then still having Gallup jump to another organization, especially if some other team offers some outlandish contract that we decide not to match.

 

[Nav22]

We're going to have to pay Gallup soon so his contract wont' be cheap for long and there's no guarantee that he would want to even be here, so we could end up trading Cooper and then still having Gallup jump to another organization, especially if some other team offers some outlandish contract that we decide not to match.

Well, in that hypothetical, we would draft another WR or sign someone for cheap.

One of the biggest problems with the Cowboys is our front office has zero clue how to properly allocate resources. $20 mil/year for Amari Cooper when we have gaping holes all over our defense makes very little sense. I give them a pass for this year because they didn’t know CeeDee Lamb would fall to them in the draft... but now that we DO have CeeDee on a cheap deal for a few years, we’d be smart to try to trade Cooper soon and use that $20 mil/year on defensive help instead.

 

[J12B]

I’m glad Gallup is not on the block.

Cooper is a better receiver though. The hate this dude gets around here is absurd. He “got paid” though so if he isn’t crapping golden eggs then he’s an overpaid, lazy entitled bum to so many on this board.

I agree.

Cooper is still a really good receiver and deserves what he got paid.

That said, I'd still be open to trading him to a team for a 1st rounder or a 2nd and a 4th. Anything less than that we should just keep him. He's still playing well.

 

[Verdict]

Michael Gehlken @GehlkenNFL
Cowboys are not willing to trade WR Michael Gallup before
Tuesday's NFL deadline, source said. If they were to deal a
top receiver, he wouldn't be the logical choice.

Can't post tweet because of link to a restricted publication.

According to some sources, he was a hot commodity and the Cowboys received significant interest from other teams wanting to acquire him and the Cowboys gave a “hard no” to trading Gallup.

 

[NeathBlue]

The fact that we are playing the rest of the season with a below average QB, and even next season we don’t know who will be our starting QB, means it’s sense to trade Cooper.
We would save a ton of cap space and get a good draft pick.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Michael Gehlken @GehlkenNFL
Cowboys are not willing to trade WR Michael Gallup before
Tuesday's NFL deadline, source said. If they were to deal a
top receiver, he wouldn't be the logical choice.

Can't post tweet because of link to a restricted publication.

"Please don't throw me in that briar patch!"

Cooper is by far our best WR, he took little guaranteed money, and after next year he'll be under contract but due *no* guaranteed money. He's the guy teams have to double, and while doubled he still outproduces Gallup and Lamb.

Gallup, meanwhile, hit Peak Gallup on the game winning throws from Dalton. His importance is going to slide and slide as Lamb firnly takes #2, and Cedrick Wilson continues to improve. Some teams today might still pretend to themselves that Gallup can be their #1. Every game there will be fewer and fewer of those teams.

I don't see a scenario where they dump Cooper now with plans of signing Gallup when his time comes. Dumping Cooper is saying they have no plans to pay a WR in the near term, and probably ever again. They just signed him. That's a big flip on philosophy.

 

[Clove]

The “logical choice“, if anybody, is Amari Cooper and his huge salary.

I understand what you're saying, but you've gotta pay somebody. Everyone on the team can't make a million dollars a year otherwise, you have one of the worst teams in history. We're bad, but we're not the worst in history.

 

[Clove]

I like Amari Cooper, but his highly overpaid contract and his often injured foot, plus he disappearing at times especially late in key games, makes him expendable.

Michael Gallup has done nothing but get better so quickly in only 2.5 years, and with CeeDee Lamb on the team, along with newly standout and talented Cedrick Wilson, the Cowboys would be just fine with this new trio set as the starters for this Offense.

0 Catches Amari had 7 for 80 yds with a scrub throwing him the ball. There are games, multiple games where high priced players are taken out of the game, it happens. But those players are paid for a reason. Our problem is coaching, and lack of defensive talent. No offensive line. Look at Tom Brady... He's been blessed to have a great offensive line all of his playing career. You can make things happen if you can block for your QB, and you can make things happen if you can rush the QB.