They better not pay Cooper

dfense · Jan 13, 2020

AbeBeta said:
Soft?

He played through brutal injuries. Literally played during weeks where he could barely walk.

Ignant take

Plus he's in the double coverage level. You don't let guys who occupy two guys on every down just walk.

Bohuntr97 · Jan 13, 2020

Verdict said:
He says he wasn’t hurt the second half of the season. So either he doesn’t want to make excuses which is admirable, or he wasn’t really hurt and he belonged on a milk carton the last half of the season. IDK which to believe.

He was hurt, he just played through it. Had an MRI on his knee in November.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/amari-cooper-knee-injury-is-manageable

Wizarus · Jan 13, 2020

You're basically forced to, since Dak needs all the help he can get. Such a crappy situation.

DallasDomination · Jan 13, 2020

dallas72 said:
Cooper NEVER took himself out of games...stop the drama. .hes been hurt all year & coaches put Austin in because they thought his speed might get open..Zeke was the 1 tapping out

Jets game he basically took himself out and against the Patriots he couldn’t shake yet another top corner.. so he took himself out again.

KingRah · Jan 13, 2020

DallasDomination said:
I like Cooper, huge emphasis on like. I would have no issue franchising him but they better not give this dude top 3 money or even worse make him the highest paid wide out in the league. Sorry to say it, but Cooper is soft as Charming like Kobe once said. I don’t want a guy that takes himself out of games and plays soft when you need him most..hell no.

He deserves to get paid. He had 1100 yards while playing at 60% and with dak.

VaqueroTD · Jan 13, 2020

I think we're going to regret someone. Dak - Coop - Jones. Too much complacency for grown veterans. But then again, if you had told me to pick someone before the year, I would have gone with Collins before DLaw or Jaylon. Giving him lifetime financial security turned him into a Pro Bowler.

If we have the money though, I'd sign all of them if McCarthy thinks he can make it work with them. It's just a bad locker room culture and McCarthy will have to shake it up just like Parcells did. We'll get a winning record out of it, but not everyone will make it.

zerofill · Jan 13, 2020

I think if Cooper comes back 100%, he is up there with some of the best, because his route running is so friggin good.
But, those crazy cuts and fakes, he does on the routes, you don't see them when a guy is hurt. So that may be why
he disappears.

I guess the problem is more... is this stuff that can 100% heal and go away, or is he going to always be fragile?

Because we sure can't complain about the person, and how he represents the cowboys. He is intelligent, stays out of trouble, and
isn't a diva. So he is not a distraction to the team, which is great. I doubt he is much of a leader either, because he seems to be an
introvert for the most part. I am fine with that as well.

Soth · Jan 13, 2020

DallasDomination said:
I like Cooper, huge emphasis on like. I would have no issue franchising him but they better not give this dude top 3 money or even worse make him the highest paid wide out in the league. Sorry to say it, but Cooper is soft as Charming like Kobe once said. I don’t want a guy that takes himself out of games and plays soft when you need him most..hell no.

I think we have to pay him. We spent a 1st round pick to get this guy and now we are going to let him walk? He is the most explosive player on our offense. Do you remember how our team looked before we traded for him??

We should only let him walk if we go into rebuild mode. But if we want to win now, how do you replace his production? in the draft? I would prefer if they go for a S or DT in rounds 1-3.

Seven · Jan 13, 2020

ShortRound131 said:
I thought it was Zeke who took himself out not Coop?

Zeke, Witten, Dak, Coop, Jaylon, LVE, Fredbeard, Heath, Garrett, Rod, Bloom, Richard, the OL.........

Just because one owns a jersey doesn't mean they KNOW football.

Read. Tread lightly.........

superonyx · Jan 13, 2020

bewp7 said:
they can give cooper half of what an average #1 receiver should get since he completely disappears in every single road game. i think that’s fair!

but on a serious note i don’t think i will ever look at cooper the same after the eagles game and how he was ok with standing on the sideline with the season on the line because he didn’t want to make a fuss with the coaches. that is 100% inexcusable and kind of pathetic tbh.

Imagine calling a player pathetic for listening to his coaches and not going nuts on the sidelines while we are trying to execute on a critical 4th down.

What a moronic take.

cowboyec · Jan 13, 2020

COOOOOOP deserves his $.

mattjames2010 · Jan 13, 2020

Here we are again with people blaming a mysterious injury.

Was he injured in Oakland when he pulled ghost acts there? Just because he's a Cowboy doesn't suddenly make the history before he got here go away or become meaningless. This is a good example of how homerism can blind a fan.

Verdict · Jan 13, 2020

Bohuntr97 said:
He was hurt, he just played through it. Had an MRI on his knee in November.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/amari-cooper-knee-injury-is-manageable

Well, at the end of the year he was saying he wasn’t hurt and was fine. He sure didn’t look “fine” so let’s hope it was injury related.

dallas72 · Jan 13, 2020

DallasDomination said:
Jets game he basically took himself out and against the Patriots he couldn’t shake yet another top corner.. so he took himself out again.

Wrong...STOP making stuff up...Amari never asked the coaches to take him out....I'm done

Blast From The Past · Jan 13, 2020

AbeBeta said:
Soft?

He played through brutal injuries. Literally played during weeks where he could barely walk.

Ignant take

Thank you for speaking up. That sideline pose of Cooper holding his one leg up off of the ground in a game, I don't now remember said it all to me. He was dang well playing injured without complaining. He soldiered on and gave it all he had going forward. It is easy for us to sit at home with our tacos and such, while washing it down with beverages of choice and making such judgments on players. That is a fan. But Amari gave his all. He was not injured early on, but when he was he couldn't put up the expected numbers. Those on here who have never played the game ever at any level could not understand this. Pain is a great equalizer. It is not a sign of weakness or ineptness.

Beast_from_East · Jan 13, 2020

CATCH17 said:
I know.. I meant they better pay Cooper if they intend on keeping Dak.

You don’t get rid of Cooper and keep Dak.. Dak is not affective without him.

This X 1000

Dak without Coop is not good, so if you dump Coop might as well dump Dak also.

Bohuntr97 · Jan 13, 2020

Verdict said:
Well, at the end of the year he was saying he wasn’t hurt and was fine. He sure didn’t look “fine” so let’s hope it was injury related.

Agreed. I think that's just a player wanting to get on the field and not give out much info. I think it was Archer who reported he had a noticeable limp after the Bills game (there were only three games left). Something wasn't right.

Flamma · Jan 13, 2020

Cowboyfanforlife said:
I Totally agree here.....randall cobb and Dak seemed to have the chemistry a whole lot more anyway......BTW...I just joined, does anyone know how I get the priveleges to start a new topic?

I like Cobb. He always finds a way to get open. But his job is made a lot easier when the attention is elsewhere.

Beast_from_East · Jan 13, 2020

And for those saying Coop took himself out of the Eagles game, that’s not true.

We now know it was the WR coach Sanja that came up with that stupid rotation. Coop said he could have made a fuss about it and not left the field but Coop is not the type to defy his coaches.

Sanja got kicked to the dumpster along with Clappy so that rotation crap is gone.

So I feel better about paying Coop now, he didn’t tap out like the Cabo Ewok does every time he runs more than 10 yards.

cern · Jan 13, 2020

CowboyRoy said:
LOL...…...Like Zeke? Holding out, getting drunk, getting fat in Cabo, underperforming, getting arrested, suspended.

If anything, Cooper was playing through injuries the entire 2nd half of the year without missing a game. Probably should have taken 3 or 4 games off.

is zeke your jean valjean?? lighten up, javert.

They better not pay Cooper

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