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Cooper appears to be better than all of those players.

The only issue is that teams get those players for 5 years before they hit free agency. The Cowboys get Cooper for 1 game over 1.5 seasons before he is a free agent.
 

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Nobody was going to offer a 1st round besides the Cowboys that's a FACT! The Cowboys front office as usual panicked and gave into the Raider's demand. So if you believe that a WR that's going to cost you $14M next year plus a 1st round pick is a good investment long term then you're really not looking at this long term. The Raiders weren't paying $14M for the guy, they are in rebuilding mode and he was getting traded regardless. The question was about who was going to be dumb enough to overpay and the Cowboys raised their hand.

That ends up a pretty unsophisticated view. There is but another week for a trade to occur. This is an off week for Dallas, and to give a real chance for coaching up and a general familiarization, the trigger had to be pulled now. If the first round wasn't offered, Oakland may well have just retained his rights until next off season...or even retained him. They pulled the trade due to being in a full blow the season mode now, and their targeting for a quick re-build. Their motivations were pick levels and may or may not have pulled off a lower level trade.

You are just attempting to explain the validity of the Dallas acquisition. It was valid and an above board deal by Dallas. Sometimes teams actually do pull off mutually beneficial trades for what they receive, but also for good NFL respect among administrators of teams, too.

To assume conclusively that the bare bone approach was going down, didn't see what was paid for the Oakland departing defensive player already. Is their QB next? I don't know, but a pretty penny will pass hands then.

As to paying the money...they would have had to pay the remaining cap hit, whether dropped or not. The buyer had to pay both, with the draft choice and accepting contracted remaining salaries as well.

Argue as one may, the Cooper, as a player, had a value as a player. Does a player always receive his value? No, one can see that presently when looking at Bell and his holdout.

Here, although, Dallas fairly saw the player's value...and decided to pay it. They aren't stupid as is implied...
 

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Cooper appears to be better than all of those players.

The only issue is that teams get those players for 5 years before they hit free agency. The Cowboys get Cooper for 1 game over 1.5 seasons before he is a free agent.

If Dak Prescott is the direction...then the Cowboys were very smart and will handle an extended contract. Cowboy friendly of course.
 

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Funny thing about this is that Cooper, Ridley, and Alabama's Current superstar Jerry Jeudy all grew up in the same area and all has similar styles in regards to their route running and can run the entire route tree.

Thanks for the insight, guy. Early training is vital to the highest levels of development. I wish I had that level of instruction when coming up.
 

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how do you know? college year hasn't finished and no player evaluations done yet.....and I am not sold on Tua.....
when you watch Tua, pay attention to his pocket presence, how he subtly slides around in the pocket eyes always up. he has a great feel already for moving up and shifting away from pressure
he's left handed but watch him always reset his feet when rolling out especially to the right instead of jumping or throwing off his back foot
he has ridiculous accuracy but notice how often he throws receivers open, always puts the ball away from the defender
he makes routine throws into double coverage deep when he sees his guy open, he drops these in all the time right on the receiver and his deep ball accuracy is unmatched. he does this every. single. game. it's not a fluke
he's a good enough athlete that if he wants to run, he's a real threat

his stats I'm sure you are familiar but if not, they just add to the resume
this guy would be so exciting to have as qb
 

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when you watch Tua, pay attention to his pocket presence, how he subtly slides around in the pocket eyes always up. he has a great feel already for moving up and shifting away from pressure
he's left handed but watch him always reset his feet when rolling out especially to the right instead of jumping or throwing off his back foot
he has ridiculous accuracy but notice how often he throws receivers open, always puts the ball away from the defender
he makes routine throws into double coverage deep when he sees his guy open, he drops these in all the time right on the receiver and his deep ball accuracy is unmatched. he does this every. single. game. it's not a fluke
he's a good enough athlete that if he wants to run, he's a real threat

his stats I'm sure you are familiar but if not, they just add to the resume
this guy would be so exciting to have as qb
how's the arm strength, can he make the side line throws....
 

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how's the arm strength, can he make the side line throws....
looks fine to me *shrug*


maybe his hand size helps as they suggest


I would say after playing LSU this week which has elite defensive talent it will be more clear how he looks
he plays in a pro system too and all these tangible things surrounding the guy make me feel confident if I'm trading my draft for him (which you will have to do)
 

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Develop linemen in the mid rounds? Like Green in the 3rd? They need top talent and you’re not going to find it in the mid rounds. I mean they already got a project on their hands as is from the 2nd last year in Williams.

In my opinion, the front office has invested more than enough in the oline over the last few years by drafting lineman in the 1st round and a 2nd rounder last draft.

There are guys like Ronald Leary, who went undrafted, in the draft.

Our 2019 2nd round pick needs to go towards a Tight End if the right guy is available.
 

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They have spent the future already because they wasted this offseason not going after a WR. Good job, guys.
 

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In my opinion, the front office has invested more than enough in the oline over the last few years by drafting lineman in the 1st round and a 2nd rounder last draft.

There are guys like Ronald Leary, who went undrafted, in the draft.

Our 2019 2nd round pick needs to go towards a Tight End if the right guy is available.
Hey I’ll take a Leary!! Or even a good TE. I just don’t want anymore Williams or Greens. In fact that’s exactly what I want at LG....a big bruiser with a sloppy uniform look about him.
 

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Could've went S, QB, DT.. they had options and the team tossed them out the window for another WR. Mind blowing. The guy has 280 yards through 6 games, but I'm sure he'll flip the switch as soon as he gets here.
Dude safeties don’t get drafted in the first unless they are freaks of nature, none in this draft. If you are a cowboys fan and still hold out hope for a DT in every first round you are an idiot.

We do not grab them that high because Rod finds guys like Antwuan Woods every single year and in the past two season seasons we’ve been a top 10 rush defense. Also the defense is the strength of the team, why would we draft defense first when most of our issue are on O?

Also the DT class is ridiculously deep, we can grab a stud in round 2 no problem. And in case you’re not keeping score that would be a WR with our 1st and a DT with our second. That’s a billion times more help to the roster than a safety in the first haha.

And before you call for a QB do your homework on the draft class. Any qb we would want would be long gone by our pick. We aren’t gonna bad enough for top 3 pick sorry guys.

This trade again makes the most sense and it’s not even a debate
 
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how's the arm strength, can he make the side line throws....
yes, he has a gun. Bama is throwing it deep more than ever now. And it is really deep.
Here's a deep out pattern type throw from his early commit days.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/tua-tagovailoa-arm-strength-2016/



and he is completing 70% of his passes which is very very good accuracy.
he is a far better prospect than baker mayfield who imho should have been a round 2 pick.

Tua has passed for over 20000 yards with 25 TDs and 0 INTs and he gets benched every week.

I think Bama is pretty gross honestly but Tua is the real deal.
 

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Prove that it's stupid to spend a 1st round pick on a receiver to justify blowing a first round pick on a receiver.
 

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Precisely....

And a lot of those WRs were rated higher than the (early) rating of WRs in next year's draft.
Well, not really, N'Keal Harry will probably be the highest WR picked since Cooper.


This does make me like the trade even more. Outside of Ridley and Harry (who we wouldn't have been in the range to get), there is no one I would rather have from next years class or the previous 3.
 

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People screaming about drafting a QB next year must not watch any Cowboys games. What rookie QB will have any success in JG's offense with these receivers? Not many vet QBs would have any success.
 

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People screaming about drafting a QB next year must not watch any Cowboys games. What rookie QB will have any success in JG's offense with these receivers? Not many vet QBs would have any success.
Agreed largely.

WR was our #1 need, followed by S.
 
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